they missing a big piece of the user-generated content picture? Artists are encouraged to forget about copyright and hold … advanced a wide array of arguments for or against online file sharing and restrictive copyright standards. This article begins … by introducing two short stories to illustrate the rhetorical and analytical challenges in the digital copyright debate …

In the past two decades, copyright protection throughout the world has been greatly expanded to respond to challenges … of copyright owners has also led to market abuses that stifle competition and innovation. In response to these abuses …, courts, litigants, policy makers, and commentators have increasingly embraced competition law, the doctrines of copyright …

Commissioned for a symposium on copyright law and the creation of music, this article explores five questions about … popular music that can be illuminated by greater insights into copyright law and the music business. Why do popular songs … hope that answering these questions will enable us to develop a deeper understanding of copyright law and how it can affect …

Union have been busy exploring ways to modernize their copyright laws. In many of these jurisdictions, new copyright … exceptions have been introduced or proposed to promote internet users’ access to digital content. Meanwhile, the copyright … scrutinizes seven of the industries’ most widely used arguments. Drawing on examples from digital copyright reform in Hong Kong …

Since July 2011, China has actively explored ways to upgrade its copyright law. Although the law was already amended … the year before, only two changes were made at that time. The last time Chinese copyright law undertook a major overhaul … the Chinese Copyright Law. Covering a wide range of issues from eligibility to ownership and from enforcement to anti …

makers and commentators have advanced a wide array of proposals to reform copyright law.This chapter explores how and why … copyright law should be reformed to increase flexibilities for user-generated creativity. Based on recent legislative reforms … and the Author's personal experience in the copyright reform process, the chapter outlines two distinct but mutually non …

had he not been frozen?Because of Marshall's love for copyright law, his many important contributions to the field of …

Since their inception, copyright and proto-copyright laws have been developed around the concept of "copy," which … primarily referred to printed book manuscripts in the reign of Queen Anne. Although copyright began mostly as a right vested in … technology and to expand the scope of copyright protection. The first half of this chapter takes a historical perspective. It …

Since the mid-1990s, countries have struggled to respond to copyright challenges created by the internet and new … actions and lobbying efforts has rejuvenated the debate on the proper legal response to the digital copyright challenges. Like … many other jurisdictions, Hong Kong, in the past few years, has been busy exploring copyright law reform to respond to …