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Digital Media & Intellectual Property: Management Of Rights And Consumer Protection In A Comparative Analysis, Nicola Lucchi
Digital Media & Intellectual Property: Management Of Rights And Consumer Protection In A Comparative Analysis, Nicola Lucchi
Nicola Lucchi
Digital Media & Intellectual Property is a comparative research that analyzes the legal and tecnological emerging issues in the Intellectual Property Rights arena. The book provides a comparative and comprehensive analysis of the current technical, commercial and economical development in digital media. It describes the impact of new business and distribution models, the current legal and regulatory framework, social practices and consumer expectations associated with the use, distribution, and control of digital media products. In particular, the author analyzes the anti-circumvention provisions for technological protection measures and digital rights management systems enacted in the United States and in Europe, and …
Obscene Contracts*: The Doctrine Of Unconscionability And Hospital Billing Of The Uninsured, George A. Nation Iii
Obscene Contracts*: The Doctrine Of Unconscionability And Hospital Billing Of The Uninsured, George A. Nation Iii
George A Nation III
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Free Advertising: The Case For Public Relations As Commercial Speech, Tamara R. Piety
Free Advertising: The Case For Public Relations As Commercial Speech, Tamara R. Piety
Tamara R. Piety
The commercial speech doctrine has suffered from definitional ambiguity. Some commentators have argued that the doctrine's application should be limited to speech that is clearly advertising and should not be extended to cover speech by a corporation on matters of public concern. This is of particular concern with respect to public relations communications about labor or environmental practices (to name just two examples) which industry advocates argue should be treated like fully protected speech. In this article I argue that because all for-profit corporate speech is in furtherance of its commercial purpose, public relations speech should be presumptively covered by …