This paper reviews the merits of arguments being advanced to justify adoption of US style fair use exceptions to copyright law in countries that currently do not have it. Although I outline the background on global initiatives to introduce copyright exceptions, the focus of the analysis is on...

This paper seeks to test the hypothesis that digitisation of content (e.g. music, film and books) and the spread of the Internet over the past 25 years, together with copyright law exceptions, have enabled a “golden age” for creativity. Large technology companies have for some time promoted...

The New Zealand Government’s recent Green Paper “Exploring Digital Convergence” (EDC) suggests that so-called “digital convergence,” or convergence in telecommunications, information technology, media and entertainment (TIME) sectors is facilitating the creation, dissemination and...

Large technology companies have for some time claimed a “golden age” for creativity has resulted from expanded copyright law exceptions facilitating the digitisation of content (e.g. music, film and books) and the spread of the Internet over the past 20 years. This will be referred to as the...

This paper examines a number of key questions relating to Canadian copyright law and it’s impact on the music market in Canada including:1) Whether Canadian Copyright law has adapted well to the digitisation of content and the spread of the internet over the past 20 years? If not, how did we...

This paper develops measures of both: - The extent of the value gap in Canada's recorded music industry, and - The size of the cross subsidy from Canada's recorded music industry to internet service providers (ISPs) and other actors in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry....