Author(s):
Giancarlo Frosio
Publication Date:
March 23, 2016
Publication Type:
Academic Writing
In the last two decades, the industry has deployed endlessly the rhetoric of the “digital threat” in order to demand harsher measures against digital piracy. Recently, the “digital threat” discourse called for enhanced liability of online intermediaries, especially those whose platforms may be used to infringe copyright. This short paper shows that the “digital threat” discourse is based on shaky grounds. Two related arguments might run against this approach. First, market conditions might incentivise piracy.
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This article by Giancarlo Frosio originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on March 24, 2016 at 03:06AM
