A tale of two rights: mediating between P2P owners and digital copyright holders.

Faturoti, Bukola

Authors

Bukola Faturoti

Contributors

J. Balcells
Editor

A. Cerrillo i
Editor

M. Peguera
Editor

I.
Editor

M.J.
Editor

M. Vilasau
Editor

Abstract

The emergence of peer-to-peer file sharing technology revolutionises the discourse around copyright infringement. This new pirate of digital technology poses challenges not only to legal structures but it redefines tensions among various stakeholders: artists and creators genuine users of copyrighted works, content industries and technologists. They threaten cultural production turning users to consumers without effort to become producers. Conversely, it is contended that such software increase collaborative interactions and change the way we perceive social and communicative structures. A caveat is that the response of law when juxtapose with technological changes in the internet itself, has heavily increased the effective regulation of creativity. This paper examines the early debate around the regulation of p2p software. Can there be a middle ground?

Citation

FATUROTI, B. 2014. A tale of two rights: mediating between P2P owners and digital copyright holders. In Balcells, J., Cerrillo i Martínez, A., Peguera, M., Peña-López, I., Pifarré de Moner, M.J. and Vilasau, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 10th International conference on internet, law and politics (IDP 2014): a decade of transformations, 3-4 July 2014, Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona: UOC-Huygens Editorial [online], pages 97-116. Available from: http://edcp.uoc.edu/proceedings_idp2014.pdf

Conference Name	10th International conference on internet, law and politics (IDP 2014): a decade of transformations
Conference Location	Barcelona, Spain
Start Date	Jul 3, 2014
End Date	Jul 4, 2014
Acceptance Date	Jul 3, 2014
Online Publication Date	Jul 3, 2014
Publication Date	Jul 4, 2014
Deposit Date	Sep 15, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Sep 15, 2016
Publisher	Huygens Editorial (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
Pages	97-116
Keywords	Copyright; Dual use technology; Authorisation; Secondary infringement; Peer to peer
Public URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1696
Publisher URL	http://edcp.uoc.edu/symposia/lang/es/idp2014/proceedings/?lang=en