DIGITAL COPYRIGHT, by Jessica Litman

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, Dec 2001

Jessica Litman's book focuses on the Copyright Act, in relation to modern entertainment technology. For example, each time an image from the Internet is viewed through a personal computer, the viewer has reproduced the original image, because a computer's RAM makes a temporary copy in order to allow the image to be viewed. The entertainment industry's concern about potential copyright infringement resulted in the enactment of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Professor Litman provides a history of the negotiation and lobbying that created the Copyright Act of 1976, and then provides a commentary regarding Napster and the expanding amount of media coverage given to entertainment and educational material available online. She suggests that existing copyright protection that is applied to technological advancements does not comport with practical interpretations of copyright law. Finally, Professor Litman proposes a revised Copyright Act, focusing on the commercial impact that results from the use of copyright.

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DIGITAL COPYRIGHT, by Jessica Litman

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review Volume 5 | Issue 1 Article 8 DIGITAL COPYRIGHT, by Jessica Litman J. Ryan Miller Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/iplr Part of the Intellectual Property Commons Repository Citation J. Ryan Miller, DIGITAL COPYRIGHT, by Jessica Litman , 5 Intellectual Property L. Rev. 257 (2001). Available at: http://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/iplr/vol5/iss1/8 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Marquette Law Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review by an authorized administrator of Marquette Law Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact . HeinOnline -- 5 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 257 2001 HeinOnline -- 5 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 258 2001 HeinOnline -- 5 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 259 2001 HeinOnline -- 5 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 260 2001 HeinOnline -- 5 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 261 2001 HeinOnline -- 5 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 262 2001 (...truncated)


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J. Ryan Miller. DIGITAL COPYRIGHT, by Jessica Litman, Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, 2001, pp. 257, Volume 5, Issue 1,