Copyright: Sacred Text, Technology, and the DMCA

This anthology brings together a dozen articles published by David Nimmer during the last five years regarding copyright. The unfying theme running through the work is the need to reconcile standards in order to protect that most etheral creation of mankind, the written word. From that vantage point, the articles delve into the religious roots and sacred character of the act of creation. Religion and copyright are brought into resonance, as issues from one field are deployed to illuminate those in the oyher. Given facts on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the work of necessity drills deeply into current advances in technology, notably the dissemination of works over the Internet. As those issues as well, the religious perspectives shines unexpected light.