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Nicola Lucchi

Intellectual Property Law

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I Contenuti Digitali: Tecnologie, Diritti E Libertà, Nicola Lucchi Dec 2009

I Contenuti Digitali: Tecnologie, Diritti E Libertà, Nicola Lucchi

Nicola Lucchi

The book explores the laws and policies governing technology and the access to information. In recent years the content industry is facing a second "Gutenberg revolution". To meet the new consumers demands, in an environment reshaped by new technologies, information and knowledge are reinventing themselves and their business models. The book offers the opportunity to stimulate the knowledge and awareness concerning key strategic choices for the future of digital content. Over the past two decades, as the diffusion of digital technology has become more and more ubiquitous, its incredible methods of reproduction and distribution have created new important issues for …


The Supremacy Of Techno-Governance: Privatization Of Digital Content And Consumer Protection In The Globalized Information Society, Nicola Lucchi Jun 2007

The Supremacy Of Techno-Governance: Privatization Of Digital Content And Consumer Protection In The Globalized Information Society, Nicola Lucchi

Nicola Lucchi

The article aims to describe the role of technology and contract in regulating access to digital content deregulating intellectual property law monopoly. In particular it argues that the anti-circumvention provisions for technological protection measures and digital rights management systems enacted in the United States and in Europe compromise the consumer’s capacity to exercise legitimate rights, such as the private use exemption, by giving content owners extralegal protection for their works. It also analyses how these acts have caused an inappropriate delegation of governmental decision making to a non-governmental entity with a consequent privatization of the government’s role in protecting intellectual …


Digital Media & Intellectual Property: Management Of Rights And Consumer Protection In A Comparative Analysis, Nicola Lucchi Oct 2006

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 …