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Author’s rights in the digital age: how Internet and peer-to-peer file sharing technology shape the perception of copyrights and copywrongs
Libellarium : časopis za povijest pisane riječi, knjige i baštinskih ustanova, 8 (2015), 2; 27-64. https://doi.org/10.15291/libellarium.v0i0.232
Mičunović, Milijana; Balković, Luka

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Mičunović, M. & Balković, L. (2015). Author’s rights in the digital age: how Internet and peer-to-peer file sharing technology shape the perception of copyrights and copywrongs. Libellarium : časopis za povijest pisane riječi, knjige i baštinskih ustanova, 8. (2), 27-64. doi: 10.15291/libellarium.v0i0.232

Mičunović, Milijana and Luka Balković. "Author’s rights in the digital age: how Internet and peer-to-peer file sharing technology shape the perception of copyrights and copywrongs." Libellarium : časopis za povijest pisane riječi, knjige i baštinskih ustanova, vol. 8, no. 2, 2015, pp. 27-64. https://doi.org/10.15291/libellarium.v0i0.232

Mičunović, Milijana and Luka Balković. "Author’s rights in the digital age: how Internet and peer-to-peer file sharing technology shape the perception of copyrights and copywrongs." Libellarium : časopis za povijest pisane riječi, knjige i baštinskih ustanova 8, no. 2 (2015): 27-64. https://doi.org/10.15291/libellarium.v0i0.232

Mičunović, M. and Balković, L. (2015) 'Author’s rights in the digital age: how Internet and peer-to-peer file sharing technology shape the perception of copyrights and copywrongs', Libellarium : časopis za povijest pisane riječi, knjige i baštinskih ustanova, 8(2), pp. 27-64. doi: 10.15291/libellarium.v0i0.232

Mičunović M, Balković L. Author’s rights in the digital age: how Internet and peer-to-peer file sharing technology shape the perception of copyrights and copywrongs. Libellarium : časopis za povijest pisane riječi, knjige i baštinskih ustanova [Internet]. 2015 October 01 [cited 2024 April 15];8(2):27-64. doi: 10.15291/libellarium.v0i0.232

M. Mičunović and L. Balković, "Author’s rights in the digital age: how Internet and peer-to-peer file sharing technology shape the perception of copyrights and copywrongs", Libellarium : časopis za povijest pisane riječi, knjige i baštinskih ustanova, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 27-64, October 2015. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:775671. [Accessed: 15 April 2024]

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Title (english)Author’s rights in the digital age: how Internet and peer-to-peer file sharing technology shape the perception of copyrights and copywrongs
Title (croatian)Autorska prava u digitalnom dobu: kako internet i peer-to-peer tehnologija za razmjenu podataka utječu na percepciju autorskih prava i njihovo kršenje
AuthorMilijana Mičunović
AuthorLuka Balković
Author's institutionJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of Information Sciences)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		SOCIAL SCIENCES
Information and Communication Sciences
Abstract (english)
Author’s rights and copyright law have gone through quite a few changes in the ‘post-print’ culture of binary systems, digital formations and techno-practices. Technological development supports a new concept of author’s rights by promoting a free internet and digital market, as well as new contemporary experience of culture that is rooted in digital technology, mass communication and the world of multimedia and virtuality. Though computer and digital technology have served both authors and users in various ways, they have also served as a very fertile ground for sharing copyrighted content, thus leading to numerous copyright infringements and conflicts with the copyright law. The aim of this paper is to identify and analyze the ways in which computer and digital technology have given rise to new trends in the production (e.g. remix culture) and consumption (e.g. peer-to-peer file sharing technology) of culture, but also to determine how new forms of distribution, use and sharing of digital content changed and shaped the perception of authorship in the 21st century. In order to analyze the dynamic, nature and structure by which new digital and networking technologies are affecting the concept of authorship and author’s rights and to test the consistency of previously established hypotheses, we conducted a survey amongst the general public. 535 questionnaires were completed. Data was analyzed using SPSS tool and a quantitative method of analysis. In the analysis special attention was given to both, the concept of authorship in the digital environment and the concept of peer-to-peer file sharing technology as not so new, but still very popular networked architecture for distributing, using and sharing digital content. Results have shown that most of the respondents use peer-to-peer file sharing technology to access, consume and/or share different cultural content (e.g. movies, music, books, etc.) while violating the rights of copyright holders. That is one of the main reasons why copyright holders and creative industry constantly finds new ways to fight peer-to-peer networking technology, especially commercial file sharing, thus sometimes restraining cultural production and even technological development. This leads to the conclusion that this new dynamic, decentralized and distributed networked environment grounded in digital democracy and participating culture of prosumers asks for new legal initiatives and solutions. The research shows that the basic understanding of authorship and the rights of authors and other creative workers in the context of Internet culture and digital media has not changed a lot, but due to new available digital means of production and tools of consumption, users’ attitudes, habits and practices towards them have. To resolve this conflict, the law needs to find new mechanisms to establish the balance between the needs and rights of both authors and users.
Abstract (croatian)
U kulturi binarnih sustava, digitalnih sadržaja i tehnoloških praksi autorska prava i zakon o autorskom pravu prolaze kroz određene promjene. Tehnološki razvoj postupno potiče razvoj novog koncepta autorstva i autorskih prava, promovirajući slobodni internet i digitalno tržište te stvarajući novo suvremeno iskustvo kulture utemeljene na digitalnoj tehnologiji, masovnoj komunikaciji i svijetu multimedije i virtualnosti. Unatoč tomu što računalna i digitalna tehnologija na različite načine služe i autoru i korisniku, obje su tehnologije ujedno i vrlo plodno tlo za razmjenu zaštićenih autorskih djela, što dovodi do pojave različitih oblika kršenja autorskih prava. Cilj je ovoga rada identificirati i analizirati načine na koje računalna i digitalna tehnologija potiču razvoj novih trendova u području proizvodnje (npr. kultura remixa) i konzumacije i distribucije (npr. peer-to-peer tehnologija za razmjenu podataka) digitalnih kulturnih sadržaja, ali i utvrditi kako novi oblici distribucije i korištenja digitalnih sadržaja mijenjaju i oblikuju percepciju autorstva u 21. stoljeću. Kako bi analizirali prirodu, strukturu i dinamiku utjecaja novih digitalnih i mrežnih tehnologija na koncept autorstva i autorskih prava te kako bi ispitali konzistentnost postavljenih hipoteza, autori su proveli anketu među općom hrvatskom populacijom u dobi od 15 do 60 i više godina. Prikupljeno je ukupno 535 ispunjenih upitnika. Podaci su analizirani pomoću alata SPSS i metode kvantitativne analize. Posebna je pozornost posvećena konceptu autorstva u digitalnom okružju kao i konceptu peer-to-peer tehnologije za razmjenu podataka koja je, unatoč tomu što je prisutna već dulje vrijeme, još uvijek popularna mrežna arhitektura za distribuciju, korištenje i razmjenu digitalnih sadržaja. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da većina ispitanika koristi peer-to-peer tehnologiju za razmjenu podataka kako bi pristupila digitalnim kulturnim sadržajima (npr. filmovima, glazbi, knjigama i sl.) te kako bi ih konzumirala i/ ili dalje dijelila putem mreže, kršeći pritom prava autora, odnosno nositelja autorskih prava. To je ujedno jedan od glavnih razloga zašto nositelji autorskih prava i kreativna industrija neprestano pokušavaju pronaći nove načine kako se boriti protiv peer-to-peer tehnologije, posebice kada je u pitanju komercijalna distribucija kulturnih sadržaja, čime ponekad ograničavaju kulturnu proizvodnju i tehnološki napredak. To dovodi do zaključka da novo dinamično, decentralizirano i distribuirano mrežno okružje utemeljeno na principima digitalne demokracije i participirajuće kulture prosumera traži određene izmjene zakona o autorskom pravu i nova rješenja o pitanju njegova kršenja. Istraživanje je pokazalo da se temeljno razumijevanje autorstva, tj. prava autora i drugih kreativnih djelatnika u kontekstu internetske kulture i digitalnih medija nije značajno promijenilo, no uslijed pojave novih načina digitalne proizvodnje i konzumacije kulturnih sadržaja, stavovi, navike i prakse korisnika doživjele su određene promjene. Sukladno tomu zakonodavstvo mora pronaći nove i drugačije mehanizme kako bi uspostavilo ravnotežu između potreba i prava autora i potreba i prava korisnika.
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Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review - international
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleLibellarium : časopis za povijest pisane riječi, knjige i baštinskih ustanova
Numberingvol. 8, no. 2, pp. 27-64
p-ISSN1846-8527
e-ISSN1846-9213
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.15291/libellarium.v0i0.232
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:775671
Publication2015-10-01
Document URLhttps://hrcak.srce.hr/168542
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