Media Law Through Science Fiction : Do Androids Dream of Electric Free Speech?
Stewart, Daxton R.
Media Law Through Science Fiction : Do Androids Dream of Electric Free Speech? - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (229 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Science Fiction, Technology, and Policy -- What Science Fiction Can Do -- The Law in Science Fiction -- Writing About Future Technology -- On Communication -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2. The Future of Copyright Law, Both Real and Virtual -- The March to Maximalism -- Near-Term Dystopia -- Possibilities for Reform -- Laboratories of Copyright Law -- Notes -- 3. Privacy in the Perpetual Surveillance State -- Privacy Law During the Rise of Invasive Technology -- Privacy in Private - Invasive Surveillance -- Privacy in Public When Cameras Are Everywhere -- Wearable, Implantable, and Biometric Technologies -- Future Ways of Thinking About Privacy -- Notes -- 4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Free Speech? -- Freedom of Expression for Science Fiction Robots -- What is Robot Speech? -- Copyrights for Non-Human Creators -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. Vanishing Speech and Destroying Works -- Government Destruction of Private Speech -- Private Censorship -- Government Destruction of Its Own Records -- When Destruction of Speech May Be Necessary -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6. Law, the Universe, and Everything -- The Future of the First -- Journalists . . . in . . . Space! -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Attorney and legal scholar Daxton Stewart examines the intersection of media law and science fiction, exploring the past, present, and future of communication technology and policy debates. In this book, Stewart looks at potential legal challenges presented by plausible communication technologies that may arise in the future.
9781317363231
Mass media-Law and legislation.
Electronic books.
K4240 .S749 2020
343.099
Media Law Through Science Fiction : Do Androids Dream of Electric Free Speech? - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (229 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Science Fiction, Technology, and Policy -- What Science Fiction Can Do -- The Law in Science Fiction -- Writing About Future Technology -- On Communication -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2. The Future of Copyright Law, Both Real and Virtual -- The March to Maximalism -- Near-Term Dystopia -- Possibilities for Reform -- Laboratories of Copyright Law -- Notes -- 3. Privacy in the Perpetual Surveillance State -- Privacy Law During the Rise of Invasive Technology -- Privacy in Private - Invasive Surveillance -- Privacy in Public When Cameras Are Everywhere -- Wearable, Implantable, and Biometric Technologies -- Future Ways of Thinking About Privacy -- Notes -- 4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Free Speech? -- Freedom of Expression for Science Fiction Robots -- What is Robot Speech? -- Copyrights for Non-Human Creators -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. Vanishing Speech and Destroying Works -- Government Destruction of Private Speech -- Private Censorship -- Government Destruction of Its Own Records -- When Destruction of Speech May Be Necessary -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6. Law, the Universe, and Everything -- The Future of the First -- Journalists . . . in . . . Space! -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Attorney and legal scholar Daxton Stewart examines the intersection of media law and science fiction, exploring the past, present, and future of communication technology and policy debates. In this book, Stewart looks at potential legal challenges presented by plausible communication technologies that may arise in the future.
9781317363231
Mass media-Law and legislation.
Electronic books.
K4240 .S749 2020
343.099