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Limitations And Exceptions In The Digital Era, William Patry
Limitations And Exceptions In The Digital Era, William Patry
Indian Journal of Law and Technology
Ideological polarization has hijacked copyright debates, drowning out the question: how do we get our copyright laws to do what we want them to do? The term “limitations and exceptions” assumes that the ability to control all unauthorized uses is the norm. This special comment asserts that private rights should never trump public interest, and that our copyright laws must reflect this principle. Copyright law must be grounded in current technological and market conditions in order to accomplish its lofty objectives. Even as changes wrought by digital technology are at the core of most debates over copyright, there is a …
Book Review: Cyber Laws, Justice Yatindra Singh (Universal Law Publishing Co., 2010), Prof. Ashwani Kumar Bansal
Book Review: Cyber Laws, Justice Yatindra Singh (Universal Law Publishing Co., 2010), Prof. Ashwani Kumar Bansal
Indian Journal of Law and Technology
The book is a comprehensive guide to the various legal issues which have arisen as a result of the unprecedented growth of the internet. It covers both academic and practical information regarding technology-related issues and the underlying legal principles which have been applied in these areas. Part I of the book has 146 pages of commentary and Part II contains relevant Acts, rules, notifications, circulars, etc. in 276 pages. The book provides an overview of the cyber law scenario in India. The material is well researched and clearly described in thirteen concise chapters.
The Fundamental Problem Of Regulating Technology, Hon. Justice Michael Kirby Ac Cmg
The Fundamental Problem Of Regulating Technology, Hon. Justice Michael Kirby Ac Cmg
Indian Journal of Law and Technology
Scientific breakthroughs and the ceaseless pace of technological innovation touch a diverse range of subject matter, with the most profound changes often proving to be the most controversial. Recent decades have seen the fields of biotechnology and information technology raise the most attention, with the deliberations of lawmakers and courts being increasingly focused on issues brought up by innovation within these fields. Though seemingly disparate and autonomous, given the wide range of issues brought up by the different facets of contemporary technological innovation, the author in this special comment presents how one can take an overview of the subject of …
Saving The Internet, Jonathan Zittrain
Saving The Internet, Jonathan Zittrain
Indian Journal of Law and Technology
The runaway successes of the Internet and PC with the mainstream public have put them in positions of significant stress and danger. Though the Internet’s lack of centralized structure makes it difficult to assess the sturdiness of its foundations, there are strong signals that our network and computers are subject to abuse in ways that have become deeper and more prevalent as their popularity has grown.
Technology, Law, Freedom And Development, Yochai Benkler
Technology, Law, Freedom And Development, Yochai Benkler
Indian Journal of Law and Technology
Technology interacts with social, economic and legal frameworks to set the basic ‘affordances’ and constraints of human action over time. While biotechnology and nanotechnology may portend significant upheavals in the future, the most significant present transformation revolves around computers and the emergence of the networked information economy. These new technological and economic conditions are creating new forms of production and new forms of social behaviour that are fundamentally altering the way we know the world, how we learn about how the world is and how we can make it become. It is important that we study this transformation and understand …