scholarly journals From Having Copies to Experiencing Works: the Development of an Access Right in U.S. Copyright Law

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane C. Ginsburg
Keyword(s):  
Copyright Law ◽  
Access Right

Between Scylla and Charybdis

2011 ◽  
pp. 200-213
Author(s):  
Pedro Pina
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Access Right

As a reaction to the challenges of digitization, recent developments of international copyright law are characterized not only by its strengthening and proliferation but also by the protection of technological protection measures against circumvention acts. Consequently, in the digital context, copyright is being deconstructed and converted into a mere access right to legally and technologically protected information. Considering that copyright must represent a compromise between holders and users interests, the desired balance has been lost to the disadvantage of the users, potentially harming fundamental and human rights such as freedom of expression and freedom of access to information. In chapter 13, the author describes the conflict between copyright and freedom of expression, how the classic compromise achieved by the conflict’s internalization within copyright law and the provision of copyright exemptions may no longer exist and how the users tend to find legal protection externally, outside copyright law. 

Between Scylla and Charybdis

2013 ◽  
pp. 1355-1367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Pina
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Access Right

As a reaction to the challenges of digitization, recent developments of international copyright law are characterized not only by its strengthening and proliferation but also by the protection of technological protection measures against circumvention acts. Consequently, in the digital context, copyright is being deconstructed and converted into a mere access right to legally and technologically protected information. Considering that copyright must represent a compromise between holders and users interests, the desired balance has been lost to the disadvantage of the users, potentially harming fundamental and human rights such as freedom of expression and freedom of access to information. In the present chapter, the author describes the conflict between copyright and freedom of expression, how the classic compromise achieved by the conflict’s internalization within copyright law and the provision of copyright exemptions may no longer exist and how the users tend to find legal protection externally, outside copyright law.

Understanding Copyright Law

ASHA Leader ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 6-19
Author(s):  
Jennifer Horner
Keyword(s):  
Copyright Law

The prospects for IRBIS development: The new product - IRBIS64+

2017 ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Brodovsky ◽  
Konstantin Sboichakov ◽  
Vladimir Sokolovsky
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
New Product ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Library Automation ◽  
Expanded Access ◽  
Access Right

IRBIS64+ - the new product of IRBIS Library Automation System designed for building and maintaining digital libraries, is introduced. IRBIS64+ new functionality is revealed. New possibilities for users, including those with expanded access right, are described. The IRBIS64+ modules are named.

The Present Status of Soviet Copyright Law

1975 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. P. Gavrilov
Keyword(s):  
Present Status ◽  
Copyright Law

Digital Copyright

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Litman
Keyword(s):  
Motion Picture ◽  
General Public ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Information Policy ◽  
Free Society ◽  
Digital Copyright ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
Copyright Laws

The general public is used to thinking of copyright (if it thinks of it at all) as marginal and arcane. But copyright is central to our society’s information policy and affects what we can read, view, hear, use, or learn. In 1998 Congress enacted new laws greatly expanding copy owners’ control over individuals’ private uses of their works. The efforts to enforce these new rights laws have resulted in highly publicized legal battles between established media, including major record labels and motion picture studios, and upstart internet companies such as MP3.com and Napster.In this book, I question whether copyright laws crafted by lawyers and their lobbyists really make sense for the vast majority of us. Should every interaction between ordinary consumers and copyright-protected works be restricted by law? Is it practical to enforce such laws, or expect consumers to obey them? What are the effects of such laws on the exchange of information in a free society? My critique exposes the 1998 copyright law as an incoherent patchwork. I argues for reforms that reflect the way people actually behave in their daily digital interactions.The Maize Books edition includes both an afterword written in 2006 exploring the rise of peer-to-peer file sharing and a new Postscript reflecting on the consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as it nears its twentieth birthday.

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