ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by assessing the dominant discourses of the radical changes brought about by the wide-scale adoption of the internet, and the concept of the knowledge economy or information society. It also explains why industry discourses considering the need for changes to law in light of these radical changes were received. The chapter continues with discussion of the role of economics in the discourse of intellectual property protection, and why entertainment industry representatives are placed to use this discourse in support of their legislative preferences. The fact that copyright reform has traditionally been perceived as being a high-complexity, low-salience issue also helps to explain why industry representatives are able to secure legislation that appears favourable to their interests. The chapter also explains the success of lobbying through the use of the networks of power conceptualization of relations between institutional and non-institutional actors and reference to the theory of quiet politics as an explanation for reliance on entertainment industry data.
