Access-Right: An Inquiry Into the Problem of Digital Copyright Law
By Zohar Efroni on July 28, 2008 at 12:50 am
I have just completed the draft of my extended study on copyright law, where I examine issues of access, access to information and digital copyright law. At bottom, I do not propose to abolish copyright law, nor do I think that adjusting the current system could successfully survive the transition to digital markets and digital cultures. Four years of research have led me to the conclusion that the present structure of entitlements is inherently inadequate for regulating an environment, in which the smallest tradable unit of transaction (and/or the smallest object of exchange in nonmarket constellations, if you will) is access to "expressions" - or, as I call them, “medial messages.” Read more about Access-Right: An Inquiry Into the Problem of Digital Copyright Law