The richness of the internet owes much to the diversity of its content, the hosting of which is made possible by content hosts. Yet, not all that is diverse is legal. Given that copyright subsists in creative content, the digitization of content has made its duplication, adaptation and...

Today’s marketplaces for creative products are anything but homogeneous. Products, actors, structure – virtually any market for products of the human mind (seen in light of potential copy-right protection) is unique and in flux. Yet, legal doctrine still offers a largely uniform level of...

In any countries, the legislations on copyright will provide exception of copyright infringement for a purpose of study and research. The reason for this exception is to create reconciliation between two conflicting interests: exclusive rights of authors, and public interest. On one hand,...

This report for Consumers International and CHOICE, arising from the ‘Unlocking IP’ ARC Linkage project under Prof Graham Greenleaf, investigated consumer attitudes (via an online survey of 1500 people) and the experiences and opinions of relevant experts concerning the impact and effect, if...

Substantial time has passed since countries including Australia and Singapore have ratified the Marrakesh Treaty. In this article, we examine the copyright legislation in both countries and identify gaps as well as areas for reform in each country, so as to improve the access of persons with...