{"product_id":"fighting-the-war-on-file-sharing-information-technology-and-law-series-14","title":"Fighting the War on File Sharing (Information Technology and Law Series, 14)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fighting the War on File Sharing (Information Technology and Law Series, 14) (Hardcover, 230 pages) – T.M.C. Asser Press, 2007. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n The explosive growth of the Napster and KaZaA services shows that peer-to-peer file sharing has tremendous appeal in our information society. Nevertheless, current legal and economic practices prevent that these services achieve their full potential. Fighting the War on File Sharing looks into the issue from the perspectives of IT, economics and law and combines the results, pointing out ways how to reduce its escalation and to end the war.The approach and the solutions reached recognize the influence of outstanding work produced in different disciplines, such as law and information technology (Lessig), political anthropology (Douglas, Geertz, Smits), new institutional economics (Coase, North, Greif) and jurisprudence (Fuller, Bobbitt, Tamanaha).This book is very important to anyone concerned about how intellectual property law, economics and rhetoric fuel the war on file sharing, and, in general, to everyone interested in the future of the Media Industry on Internet.Aernout Schmidt and Wim Keuvelaar are both affiliated to elaw@Leiden, Centre for Law in the Information Society at Leiden University. Wilfred Dolfsma is affiliated to the Utrecht School of Economics and to Maastricht University (UNU-MERIT).This is Volume 14 in the Information Technology and Law (IT\u0026amp;Law) Series  \n        From the Back Cover   The explosive growth of the Napster and KaZaA services shows that peer-to-peer file sharing has tremendous appeal in our information society. Nevertheless, current legal and economic practices prevent that these services achieve their full potential. Fighting the War on File Sharing looks into the issue from the perspectives of IT, economics and law and combines the results, pointing out ways how to reduce its escalation and to end the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe approach and the solutions reached recognize the influence of outstanding work produced in different disciplines, such as law and information technology (Lessig), political anthropology (Douglas, Geertz, Smits), new institutional economics (Coase, North, Greif) and jurisprudence (Fuller, Bobbitt, Tamanaha).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is very important to anyone concerned about how intellectual property law, economics and rhetoric fuel the war on file sharing, and, in general, to everyone interested in the future of the Media Industry on Internet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAernout Schmidt and Wim Keuvelaar are both affiliated to elaw@Leiden, Centre for Law in the Information Society at Leiden University. Wilfred Dolfsma is affiliated to the Utrecht School of Economics and to Maastricht University (UNU-MERIT).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Volume 14 in the Information Technology and Law (IT\u0026amp;Law) Series           About the Author   Professor Doctor A. H. J. Schmidt is Director of eLaw@Leiden, Centre for Law in the Information Society, Leiden University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilfred Dolfsma is an an Associate Professor at the Utrecht School of Economics and a Professorial Fellow at Maastricht University (UNU-MERIT).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWim Keuvelaar is managing director of Sdu E-Grant.      ","brand":"Aernout Schmidt, Wilfred Dolfsma, Wim Keuvelaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46071155949802,"sku":"9789067042383","price":83.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/61vSjIWX2-L._SL1500.jpg?v=1781286756","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/fighting-the-war-on-file-sharing-information-technology-and-law-series-14","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}