Copyright Exceptions: The Digital Impact: 6 (Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law, Series Number 6) - Softcover

Burrell, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521123445 ISBN 13: 9780521123440

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This book was first published in 2005. Copyright 'exceptions' or 'users' rights' have become a highly controversial aspect of copyright law. Most recently, Member States of the European Union have been forced to amend their systems of exceptions so as to comply with the Information Society Directive. Taking the newly amended UK legislation as a case study, this book examines why copyright exceptions are necessary and the forces that have shaped the present legislative regime in the UK. It seeks to further our understanding of the exceptions by combining detailed doctrinal analysis with insights gained from a range of other sources. The principal argument of the book is that the UK's current system of 'permitted acts' is much too restrictive and hence is in urgent need of reform, but that paradoxically the Information Society Directive points the way towards a much more satisfactory approach.

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Australian National University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521123445
• ISBN 13: 9780521123440
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 460