Copyright Infringers and the Digital Economy

William H. Dutton, University of Oxford; Oxford Internet Institute, has published Aiming at Copyright Infringers and Hitting the Digital Economy, at 28 Prometheus 385 (December 2010). Here is the abstract.

This article was written as a response to a piece by Birgitte Andersen, which raised concerns over the implications of the UK's Digital Economy Bill. I focus on several reasons why the Bill would not achieve its intended objectives, and is likely to have other, unanticipated negative impacts.

Download the article from SSRN at the link.