iTunes: How Copyright, Contract, and Technology Shape the Business of Digital Media PDF Manual

In this paper, the Berkman Center.s Digital Media Project has conducted an exploratory case study of Apple iTunes Online Music Store (iTMS) from a legal and business perspective. The objective of this analysis is twofold: First, it seeks to gain advanced knowledge of the relationships among copyright law, contract law, digital rights management schemes, and business modeling processes in the Post-Napster world. Understanding such interactions is crucial when attempting to balance the divergent interests of consumers, artists, the entertainment industry, and technology manufacturers through regulatory mechanisms such as law, code, market mechanisms, and adjustment of social norms.

Second, the paper is intended as a further step toward expanding the knowledge base of the Digital Media Project beyond U.S. law to include a more detailed coverage of the legal and regulatory frameworks of other countries. The focus of the comparative law analysis conducted in this initial study is on European jurisdictions and selected nations in the Asia-Pacific.

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society and GartnerG2 White Paper, .Copyright and Digital Media in a Post-Napster World,.1 analyzed the shift from analog and physical media to digital and online media and examined how the shift is altering the media industry and changing the way people use and enjoy consumer electronic products, media, and entertainment. More specifically, the foundation paper identified today. Critical technological issues in the digital media debate, explored key legal and regulatory developments regarding copyright and related intellectual property issues, and discussed business models upset by digital media distribution and new models made possible.

The second paper2 by the Digital Media Project at the Berkman Center set forth five scenarios for digital media in a Post-Napster world that could emerge over the next few years. This second study also included an initial analysis of the legal, business and economic impacts of these five scenarios. Since the release of the second paper, these scenarios have been extensively discussed, reviewed, and further developed. Today, the
five scenarios include.

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January 24, 2009 | Posted in iPod

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