Review: Promises to Keep: technology, law and the future of entertainment*
by Rob Bhalla, NSW Crime Commission
Rob Bhalla is a solicitor at the NSW Crime Commission..
Rob Bhalla reviews William W Fisher's book on digital content availability, Promises to Keep: technology, law and the future of entertainment. Fisher envisages a world where consumers have free access to digital content and actively modify and redistribute works. Overseeing this system would be a government body responsible for remunerating artists. The book is an interesting addition to the current debate and litigation surrounding peer-to-peer file sharing networks.
Full text to be posted shortly.
March 2005 contents
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