Reyman - The rhetoric of intellectual property : copyright law and the regulation of digital culture

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3. The Rhetoric of Intellectual Property

Copyright Law and the Regulation of Digital Culture

Jessica Reyman

New York London

I wish to express thanks to the many colleagues and friends that have contributed to the creation of this book. To begin, Id like to thank those who gave advice and guidance during the inception and early stages of this project, including Laura Gurak, John Logie, and Mary Lay Schuster of the University of Minnesota, and law professor Dan Burk of the University of California, Irvine.

Id like to thank my colleagues at Northern Illinois University, especially Michael Day, Jeff Einboden, and Phil Eubanks, who, in different ways, have offered their support during the writing process. In addition, Id like to give special thanks to the students in my spring 2008 graduate course on Rhetoric, Copyright, and Digital Media, who prompted me to revisit and revise my views on the digital copyright debate in light of their insightful discussions and writings.

I am also grateful for the inspiration that came from other scholars researching and writing on intellectual property issues, including Krista Kennedy, Clancy Ratliff, Danielle DeVoss, Jeff Galin, TyAnna Herrington, Jim Porter, and countless others, whose work has been integral to my own developing thoughts on the issues. Some of these colleagues have offered supportive comments and helpful advice at key moments in this projects development. Others, in their enthusiasm and dedication to the study of copyright and textual ownership, have helped me to understand more clearly the implications of the issues for the field of rhetoric and composition. These individuals work is what drew me to this line of inquiry in the first place.

Pieces of this research were shared at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, the CCCC Intellectual Property Caucus, and the conference for the Association of Internet Researchers. Thank you to the participants there for their attention, questions, and suggestions.

Special thanks to the four anonymous reviewers of this manuscript for their help in making significant improvements to this text. Id also like to thank the Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication series editor Erica Wetter and senior editorial assistant Liz Levine for their help with carrying this project through to completion.

Finally, I am grateful for my family, my husband Ryan and my daughter Jordan, for their support and understanding during all stages of the writing process. I especially appreciate their steady encouragement and unwavering confidence in my abilities, and for creating the time and space necessary for carrying this project through to completion.

A version of appeared as Property, Theft, Piracy: Rhetoric and Regulation in MGM Studios v. Grokster, Composition & Copyright: Perspectives on Teaching, Text-making, and Fair Use, Ed. Steve West-brook, SUNY Press, 2009, pp. 930.