Edwards, LE, Klein, B, Lee, DJ et al. (2 more authors) (2013) Framing the consumer:Copyright regulation and the public. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 19 (1). pp. 9-24. ISSN 1354-8565
Abstract
With illegal downloading at the centre of debates about the creative economy, various policy initiatives and regulatory attempts have tried (and largely failed) to control, persuade and punish users into adhering to copyright law. Rights holders, policymakers, intermediaries and users each circulate and maintain particular attitudes about appropriate uses of digital media. This article maps the failure of regulation to control user behaviour, considers various policy and academic research approaches to understanding users, and introduces an analytical framework that re-evaluates user resistance as expressions of legitimate justifications. A democratic copyright policymaking process must accommodate the modes of justification offered by users to allow copyright law to reconnect with the public interest goals at its foundation.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2012, Author(s). This is an author produced version of a paper published in Convergence. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
Keywords: | copyright; digital; justification; media policy; modalities of regulation; United Kingdom |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC RES-062-23-3027 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jul 2016 10:05 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2018 17:49 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856512456788 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Sage Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1354856512456788 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:76877 |