• DocumentCode
    3068426
  • Title

    Cracking the Cracks - An Economic and Legal Perspective to Circumvention and Anti-Circumvention

  • Author

    Siu-yan Chan

  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-23 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    7
  • Abstract
    Circumvention of portable electronic devices has been rampant as technology advances. This paper aims at studying the impacts of circumvention has on the society from an economic and legal perspective. Circumvention of two popular consumer electronics, cellular phones and handheld game consoles, is investigated. Legal positions to the matter in different regions are compared. Non-legal means to anti-circumvent are also studied. Recommendations on how governments, producers and consumers can work together are given at the end.
  • Keywords
    cellular radio; consumer electronics; economics; law; anti-circumvention; cellular phones; cracking; economic perspective; governments; handheld game consoles; legal perspective; popular consumer electronics; portable electronic devices; Cellular phones; Consumer electronics; Dictionaries; Games; Government; Hardware; Law; Legal factors; Legislation; Manufacturing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vehicular Technology Conference Fall (VTC 2009-Fall), 2009 IEEE 70th
  • Conference_Location
    Anchorage, AK
  • ISSN
    1090-3038
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2514-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1090-3038
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VETECF.2009.5378879
  • Filename
    5378879