This easy to read book tells the history of copyright over the last few decades: How massive lobbying by the content industries resulted in many laws passed that extend copyright in multiple ways that are not suited for our digital age, and strengthen the penalties for infringing upon it. It covers all major areas like book digitizing projects, Open Access, streaming services, upload filters, and many more. If you are looking for a comprehensive overview of the developments in this field since the advent of the Internet, this is the right book for you. The only fly in the ointment for me is, that it hardly touches the abolition of copyrights at all, although the last chapter gives a clear example of how a creative industry with no copyrights—the fashion sector—can flourish.