The impact of new communications technology on filmed-entertainment copyrights

This dissertation examines the impact of new communications technology on the filmed-entertainment industry's copyright system. The development and deployment of new means of reproducing and distributing filmed-entertainment, such as cable television and videocassette recorders (VCRs), produced challenges to the traditional marketing practices of the U.S. filmed-entertainment industry. These challenges centered on the question of who should benefit from the new forms and uses of filmed-entertainment that the technologies generated. The filmed-entertainment industry responded to the new technologies with various efforts to protect and extend its copyrights. These efforts also involved the active participation of the U.S. government. Accordingly, the government's role is of central interest in this work.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Law

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Bettig, Ronald Valentin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Guback, Thomas

• Law
• Mass Communications
• Information Science

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1989 Bettig, Ronald Valentin

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9010805
(UMI)AAI9010805

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23668