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- Title
Copyright Ownership in the Digital Age.
- Authors
Jordan, Chris
- Abstract
The cases of Huntsman v. Soderbergh and Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes illustrate how corporations use copyright law to control the accessibility of digitally encoded movies rather than recognizing that consumers should have fair access to information goods and services. In preventing aftermarket digital videodisc (DVD) editors from customizing movies for customers, the former case threatens to stilt technological innovation, even though history has shown that embracing new technologies has enabled Hollywood to increase its profits and tap new markets. The latter case exemplifies how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) construes a software program designed to widen access to legitimately purchased DVDs as a piracy tool The tightening grip of the Hollywood studios over how legally acquired movies can be used must be balanced against the right of consumers to utilize them as they see fit.
- Subjects
LAW; COPYRIGHT; INTANGIBLE property; DIGITAL cinematography; DVD-Video discs; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations
- Publication
Democratic Communiqué, 2007, Vol 21, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
1555-8967
- Publication type
Article