Benjamin Farrand is Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law and Policy at the University of Strathclyde, UK. His research predominantly focuses on the interaction between political processes and intellectual property law, with particular interest in principles of networked governance, technology regulation and human enhancement technologies.

Networks of Power in Digital Copyright Law and Policy considers the challenge of creating a harmonised international market for digital services. Pursuing an interdisciplinary perspective on the question of how copyright law remains restrictive, the book addresses the role of industry representatives, collecting societies and legislative/executive bodies in the development of contemporary digital copyright law. Focusing on the European Union, Benjamin Farrand argues that the harmonisation of copyright law is largely defined by the power relationships between legislative/executive bodies and industry representatives.

Introduction, 1 Networks of Power, Quiet Politics and Political Salience: - establishing a framework for analyzing European digital copyright initiatives, 2 European digital copyright law. 3 One market, divided? The fragmented state of the market for digital music distribution in the European Union, and judicial approaches to territorial restrictions, 4 Networks of Power I: - The role of industry representatives in framing policies regarding the scope and duration of copyright, 5 Networks of Power II: - The role of industry representatives in framing policies regarding the enforcement of copyright, 6 Networks of Power III: - The role of industry representatives in framing policies regarding cross-border licensing, 7 Power and Resistance I: - Where there is Power, there is Resistance, 8 Power and Resistance II: - (In)Civil society, Changing Networks and the Unquiet Politics