Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Secondary Liability in Copyright Law

Alain Strowel

ISBN 10: 1847205623 / ISBN 13: 9781847205629

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, GB, 2009

About this Item

This timely volume offers a comprehensive review of case law, in various jurisdictions, on secondary liability for copyright infringement, particularly P2P file sharing and online infringements. Moreover, the book includes forward-looking contributions of prominent academics from the USA and the EU, which provide original perspectives on the future shape of online copyright law, looking at questions such as whether it could or even should evolve towards a compensation system.By combining these different avenues, the book will be of particular interest to practitioners, academics, researchers and legal scholars involved in the field of copyright law.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Secondary Liability in Copyright Law
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847205623
• ISBN 13: 9781847205629
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This timely volume offers a comprehensive review of case law, in various jurisdictions, on secondary liability for copyright infringement, particularly P2P file sharing and online infringements.

Moreover, the book includes forward-looking contributions of prominent academics from the USA and the EU, which provide original perspectives on the future shape of online copyright law, looking at questions such as whether it could or even should evolve towards a compensation system.

By combining these different avenues, the book will be of particular interest to practitioners, academics, researchers and legal scholars involved in the field of copyright law.

About the Author

Edited by Alain Strowel, Professor, Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Brussels and University of Liège, Avocat, Belgium