Education
Reed College; Columbia Law School. Southern Methodist University.
(In 1998, copyright lobbyists succeeded in persuading Cong...)
In 1998, copyright lobbyists succeeded in persuading Congress to enact laws greatly expanding copyright owners' control over individuals' private uses of their works. The efforts to enforce these new rights have resulted in highly publicized legal battles between established media and new upstarts. In this enlightening and well-argued book, law professor Jessica Litman questions whether copyright laws crafted by lawyers and their lobbyists really make sense for the vast majority of us. Should every interaction between ordinary consumers and copyright-protected works be restricted by law? Is it practical to enforce such laws, or expect consumers to obey them? What are the effects of such laws on the exchange of information in a free society? Litman's critique exposes the 1998 copyright law as an incoherent patchwork. She argues for reforms that reflect common sense and the way people actually behave in their daily digital interactions. This paperback edition includes an afterword that comments on recent developments, such as the end of the Napster story, the rise of peer-to-peer file sharing, the escalation of a full-fledged copyright war, the filing of lawsuits against thousands of individuals, and the June 2005 Supreme Court decision in the Grokster case.
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professor author of Digital Copyright
Reed College; Columbia Law School. Southern Methodist University.
She is currently professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School, after having been professor of law at Wayne State University Law School from 1990-2006. Litman has testified before Congress and served on multiple governmental and legal boards, including the Copyright Society of the United States of America, the Advisory Board of Public Knowledge, the Intellectual Property and Internet Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union, and the National Research Council"s Committee on Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services. Litman earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia University Law School, an Master of Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University, and her Bachelor of Arts from Reed College.
Litman has a son named Ari Litman-Weinberg.
(In 1998, copyright lobbyists succeeded in persuading Cong...)
