The Digital Rights Movement
The Information Society Series
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The Digital Rights Movement: The Role of Technology in Subverting Digital Copyright,
Hector Postigo
The Digital Rights Movement
The Role of Technology in Subverting Digital Copyright
Hector Postigo
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Postigo, Hector
The digital rights movement: the role of technology in subverting digital
copyright / Hector Postigo.
p. cm. — (The information society series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-262-01795-4 (hardcover: alk. paper)
1. Copyright and electronic data processing. 2. Digital rights management.
3. Hacktivism. 4. Internet—Law and legislation. 5. Piracy (Copyright)—
Prevention. 6. Fair use (Copyright). I. Title.
K1447.95.P67 2012
345'.02662—dc23
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