The idea of copyright, originally conceived as a means of protecting the right of individual authors to fair compensation for their work, has undergone a sea of change in recent decades. It is now frequently invoked to safeguard the profits of corporate marketers of widely-used media and software products, and in this context has given rise to a surprising new conflict: the collision of copyright and human rights. "Copyright and Human Rights" is the first comprehensive analysis of this emerging nexus of legal issues. In eight incisive essays, well-known authorities in both copyright law and human rights law present an in-depth analysis and discussion of such essential topics as the following: the human rights credentials of copyright; the relations between copyright and freedom of speech and expression, from the perspectives of both North American and European law; the impact of the US Supreme Court decision in Eldred; the relevance to copyright of the public interest defence in Euroepan law; and the fundamental rights of privacy in an intellectual property environment.
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Copyright as a human right / Paul L.C. Torremans Copyright and freedom of expression in Canada / Ysolde Gendreau Copyrighting speech : a trans-Atlantic view / Michael D. Birnhack Recapturing liberated information : the relationship between the United Kingdom's Freedom of Information Act 2000 and private law restraints on disclosure / Jonathan Griffiths Fair dealing and freedom of expression / Patrick Masiyakurima Do we have a right to speak with another's language? : Eldred and the duration of copyright / Wendy Gordon 'Holding the line' : the relationship between the public interest and remedies granted or refused, be it for breach of confidence or copyright / Alison Furth Rights of privacy, confidentiality, and publicity, and related rights / Peter Jaffey.