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020 _a9781107062566 (hardback)
082 _a347.78
_bSUS
245 0 4 _aThe evolution and equilibrium of copyright in the digital age
260 _aCambridge:
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2014
300 _axi, 325 pages ;
490 0 _aCambridge intellectual property and information law ;
500 _aIncludes papers presented at the conference "Evolution and equilibrium copyright this century" held under the auspcies of the New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand in 2012.-- page xi.
520 _a"The digital age has prompted new questions about the role and function of copyright. Internationally, copyright has progressively increased its scope of protection over new technology and modes of distribution. Yet many copyright owners express dissatisfaction and consider that the system is not working for them. Many users of copyright material, and even some owners, consider that copyright gives too much protection and that copyright owners want too much. This book considers how copyright might evolve in the twenty-first century and how it might reach equilibrium between authors, owners, users and those who connect them"--
520 _a"It is axiomatic to suggest that copyright and its utility in the digital environment are important issues. There is much debate of the role and appropriate parameters of copyright (how should copyright works be available and protected online and how should fair uses work in the online environment) where the availability of works is more international than ever before. The importance of the issues and the difficulties seem to have resulted in some aspects of the debate becoming significantly polarised and those at the poles are frequently uncompromising"--
650 0 _aCopyright and electronic data processing
650 0 _aDigital rights management
650 0 _aCopyright
650 7 _aLAW / Intellectual Property / General.
700 1 _aFrankel, Susy,
700 1 _aGervais, Daniel J.,
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