Downloading Copyrighted Stuff From The Internet: Stealing Or Fair Use?

Issues in Focus Today

by Sherri Mabry Gordon

Looks at issues surrounding the topic of downloading from the Internet, including peer-to-peer file sharing, copyright infringement, and piracy.

104 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 2005

About the author

Sherri Mabry Gordon has written seven books including "Peanut Butter, Milk and Other Deadly Threats: What You Should Know About Food Allergies," which won a National Science Teachers award. Gordon also is the Bullying Topic Writer for About.com. (http://bullying.about.com)

Gordon's passion is to educate young people about issues that impact their lives. As a result, almost all of her books deal with relevant issues like dating violence, technology, green energy, evolution vs. intelligent design and many others.

Currently, Gordon is writing her first young adult fiction book.

Reviews

[Monica]

Pretty outdated (2005) for a topic that is constantly changing, but gives a bird's eye view on the debates surrounding p2p file sharing, DRM, fair use, copyright laws and the emergence of the iTunes store. Would love to see an updated version with the influence of Apple included.

[Rose]

346.7 Gor