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bindex.qxd 2/28/05 2:45 PM Page 297 Index AAC (Advanced Audio Codec), 88 artist rights, 5, 108–109, 112–114, 147–149, Abbott, Tony, 185–186, 187, 188, 191 207–208, 212, 232, 262 ABC, 164 ASCAP, 249 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and AT&T Labs, 53–54 Sciences, 60 Atari, 251 Adams, Richard, 123 Atlantic Records, 72 Adams, Scott, 83 ATRAC format, 124 Adams, Thomas, 97–98 Attaway, Fritz, 74, 233 Adler, Warren, 104, 107, 108 Au,Wagner James, 244–245 Adobe Systems, 143–144, 246 Audio Home Recording Act, 187 adult entertainment, 93, 157–160 avatars, 243, 244–245, 249 advertising, 83, 176, 177 Aerosmith, 204, 210 BabyCenter (Web site), 82 Aho, Bill, 104 BadBlue, 223 Aimster, 171 Baez, Joan, 190 Akimbo, 161 Balogh, Stephen, 26, 30, 116 Alaska Airlines, 91 Barlow, John Perry, 39–40, 42 Albini, Steve, 194 BayTSP, 222 Allbritton, Christopher, 81 BBC, 83, 164, 180–181 Alliance for Digital Progress, 261 BearShare, 221, 223 AllYourTV.com, 120 Beatles, 211 Alperovich, Adrian, 61–62, 115 Beato, Greg, 12 Alsop, Stewart, 170, 174, 182, 197–198 Bender, Walter, 80 Altman, Robert, 104 beneaththecobweb, 52–58 Amazon.com, 82, 133, 202 Ben Folds Five, 195 American Library Association, 234, 261 Benkler, Yochai, 38 America Online (AOL), 45, 201, 222–223, Bennett, Vicki, 148 228 Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 38 Anderson, Chris, 3 Berman, Joe, 188 Anderson, PameCOPYRIGHTEDla, 159 BestBuy, MATERIAL 206 Anderson, Ross, 238 Betamax, 8, 10, 165 Anti-DMCA.org, 261 Betamax case, 110, 144, 177 APIC Worldwide, 159 Beth, Cora (violinist), 148 Apple, 26–27, 43, 69–70, 84, 88, 119, 189, BigChampagne, 49 197–198, 202, 209, 213, 218, 239 big media, 2, 4, 11, 12, 265–266 Apprentice, The (TV show), 234 convergence, 27–28, 236 Archos, 26, 117 copy protection, 116-118, 123-125, 144, Armstrong, Edwin, 110 228, 235-236. See also copyright Artemis Records, 72 Edge TV concerns, 173–184 artistic license, 21, 109 industry consolidation, 26, 30 artist-on-demand services, 201–202 open media and, 260 297 bindex.qxd 2/28/05 2:45 PM Page 298 298 ❘ INDEX big media (continued) sales of, 96, 196, 198, 209 personal broadcasting and, 154, 155–157 celestial media jukebox, 5, 21, 42, 43, 44, personal media vs., 13–14, 19–21, 71–79 173 public policy and, 29–32 music and, 198, 199, 206, 218 trusted computing and, 237 cellphones, 12, 27 See also Hollywood; music; recording censorship, 108–109, 224–227 industry Center for Democracy and Technology, 40, BitTorrent, 45–46, 223 261 Bjork, 210 Center for Digital Storytelling, 67–69, 85 Blair Witch Project, The (film), 84, 96 Center for Internet and Society, 35 Bleszinski, Cliff, 252 Centropy, 56, 57 blogs, 3, 80–82, 95, 153 certification, 116 Blubster, 223, 224, 232 Chernin, Peter, 29, 32 BMG Music, 72, 200, 204 Cherry Lane Digital, 205 Books, Rodney, 182 Chervokas, Jason, 171 borrowing, 15–16, 19, 20, 21, 36 China Airlines, 60 Bowie, David, 207, 210 Christian Copyright Licensing Interna- Bowman, Shayne, 78 tional, 131 Boyle, James, 261 Christian Music Trade Association, 194 Braxton, Toni, 194 Cinea, 117–118 British Sky Broadcasting, 180 CinemaNow, 99 broadband, 160, 162, 165, 171, 181, 184, Circuit City, 90, 118 259–260 Clark, Gene, 190 broadcast flag, 59, 176, 180, 215, 233–235 Clarke, Ian, 224–228, 229, 230 broadcast networks, 155–156, 175 Clarke, Richard A., 145 Brown, Glenn Otis, 147 Clayman, Gregory L., 157–160 Brown, John Seely, 266 Clayton, David, 101–102, 105, 106, 107, Brown, Sheldon, 16–17, 20 108, 109 Bull, Michael, 198 Clean Flicks, 105 Burger, James M., 24, 123, 180, 194–195 clearing rights, 69, 248 Bush, George W., 81, 112, 137, 141, 233 ClearPlay, 102, 104, 105 BuyMusic.com, 202 Clinton, Bill, 139 cloaking devices, 223 cable television, 112, 120, 155–156, 160, CNN, 49, 156 161, 164, 165, 170, 173, 174, 177, 208 codecs, 88–94 Cablevision, 120 Codename: Gatling (mod), 251 Cahn, Sammy, 207 Cohen, Bram, 223 Caltech, 32, 60 Cohen, Lyor, 206 Cam Jam technology, 117–118 collaborative filtering systems, 173, 176, Campaign Desk (blog), 81 188 Campaign for Digital Rights, 261 Collins, Judy, 190 Canter, Marc, 13 Columbia Pictures, 165 Capitol Records, 188, 200 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Carpenter, Karen and Richard, 113 61, 73, 176 CBS, 81, 83, 164 Comcast, 177 CD-DVD hybrids, 219 Command and Conquer Generals (game), CDs, 96–97, 188, 193, 206, 213 251 burning of, 144, 190, 199 commentaries, do-it-yourself, 76, 78 demise of, 219 Committee for Economic Development, digital music vs., 187, 188, 202 80, 262 encrypted, 140, 213, 215 community publishing projects, 80 bindex.qxd 2/28/05 2:45 PM Page 299 INDEX ❘ 299 compression technology, 87–97, 156, 165 online games and, 248–249 compulsory (statutory) licenses, 208–209, personal media and, 37, 68–69, 70, 263 71–78, 85, 96 computers, 13, 17–18, 79, 133, 266 “substantial similarity” and, 10 convergence and, 236 violation investigation, 59 digital filmmaking and, 69–70, 71 Copyright Act (1976), 74, 77, 123, 138, 144 “kill switches” for, 261 Counter-Strike (game), 250 music recording and, 84, 189 Crawford, Susan, 262 personal networks, 134 Creative Commons, 35, 147–149, 190, 210, recording television on, 119–120 248–249, 265 trusted computing, 26, 32, 140, 233, creative control, 104–106, 109 236–240 creative culture. See personal media Congress, U.S., 73, 139, 149–150, 174, 194 creativity, 13, 34–37, 187 copyright law and, 30, 32, 34–35, 36, 138, Cringely, Robert X., 238 144 Crosby, David, 190 digital media law and, 30, 32, 260–261 Cuban, Mark, 180 digital rights affirmation, 263 culture war, 3, 16 high-tech sector and, 26, 133 cut-and-paste culture, 15, 36 MPAA and, 77, 235 Cutter, Chris and Katie, 129 music licensing and, 109, 208 CyberChef, 222 Napster hearings, 190 cyberlaw, 35–36 Webcasting royalties and, 214 Constitution, U.S., 34, 143, 227 dance clubs, 2, 14–15, 16, 114 consumer electronics industry, 23, 26, Danger Mouse (Brian Burton), 211 31–32, 91, 115–116, 122 Darknet, 44–46, 125, 149, 184, 240–241 consumer rights, 26, 115, 116, 262 definition of, 45 Consumers Union, 40, 261 encrypted file sharing and, 223–230, 232, Content Scramble System, 121 233 convergence, 27–28, 160, 236 as equalizing force, 264 copy controls. See encryption mash-ups and, 210, 212 copy protection, 36–37, 39, 114, 116–118, as metaphor, 3 123–125, 142, 144, 228, 235–236 music file sharing and, 191, 222, 223–224 copyright, 2, 4, 9, 33–41, 44, 227 underground media and, 44, 46, 47–62, adult entertainment sites and, 159 122, 241 artistic expression and, 113–114 video compression technology and, broadcast flag and, 233–235 96–97 censorship and, 226 darknets, 45–46, 132 criminalization and, 127–150, 261, 263 definitions of, 2–3, 45 current legislative initiatives and, Dawson, Rhett, 31–32 261–262 Daytonabeach-live (Internet TV show), Edge TV and, 173, 174, 177, 183, 184 152–153 extensions of, 30, 32, 34–35, 265 decryption programs, 128, 129 fair use and, 4, 26, 68, 70, 73–78, 111, DeCSS (software), 136, 137 117, 123, 128, 138, 139–141, 143, Dell, 26, 236 144–145, 168, 216, 233, 263 Designer, 103 Hollywood concerns about, 30, 31, 32, desktop publishing, 79 35, 72–74, 96, 111, 121, 139, 149, Diamond Multimedia, 26, 110–111, 197 168–169, 262 Diebold Election Systems, 141, 226 infringement on, 33–34, 78 DiFranco, Ani, 197 license customization, 147–149 Digital Clubhouses, 70 Machinima and, 248 DigitalConsumer.org, 40, 111, 261 bindex.qxd 2/28/05 2:45 PM Page 300 300 ❘ INDEX digital culture, 1–18, 150, 261, 266 Doom9, 122, 131 convergence and, 27–28, 160, 236 Dozier, Lamont, 195 public policy and, 3, 29–32 DreamWorks, 9, 89 sensible policies for, 5, 20, 21, 262–265 Dube, Bryan, 252 threats to, 2, 19, 114 Dust to Dust (documentary), 154–155 youth creativity and, 5–13, 71 DVD Copy Control Association, 23, 24 See also personal media DVD Decrypt, 128 Digital Future Coalition, 142–143, 149–150 DVD jukeboxes, 121 digital identity, 231 DVD Movie Writer, 28 digital locks, 29, 44, 45, 123, 137, 213 DVDs, 11–12, 16, 54, 61, 89, 98–99, 140 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 39, backing up of, 122 139–145, 150, 226, 227 copy protection and, 116–117 hardware mods and, 252, 253 interactive, 101–102, 103 Hollywood and, 30, 32 licensing standards, 70, 115–116 Internet radio programs and, 201 region coding and, 23–24, 25, 106, 253 movie mash-ups and, 212 ripping software, 78, 141, 144 overhaul of, 263 seamless branching, 107 tech companies and, 29 video compression and, 88, 97 violation of, 111, 122, 123, 128, 129, 132, DVDTracks.com, 76 136, 137, 139–145 Dye, Morris, 187 Webcasting royalties and, 214 Dying to Tell the Story (documentary), digital movie clubs, 71 171–172 digital rights, 2, 25, 28–29, 35–42, 99, 111, 116–120, 133, 135, 144–145, 149, 234, Earthstation5, 229 261, 263 Eastman, Marlene, 72 digital rights management, 111, 115, 118, Easton, Steve, 159 125, 182, 210, 213, 228 eBay, 202, 246 digital shoplifting, 266 Ebert, Roger, 76, 84, 90, 104 Digital Speech Project, 261 eBook Reader, 143, 144 digital storytelling, 67–73 e-books, 114, 140, 143 digital television, 116, 119–120, 122–123, Edge TV, 2, 169–184 179–180, 181, 233, 235, 262 eDonkey, 56, 213, 221 digital vaults, 55, 116 Edwards, Bob, 188 digital video recorders (DVRs). See per- Eisner, Michael, 32 sonal video recorders ElcomSoft, 143–144 Directors Guild of America, 104, 105 Eldred, Eric, 29, 33 DirecTV, 88, 176 Eldred v.
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