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EU digital copyright law and the end-user / Guiseppe Mazziotti.
2008
N 331 MAZ.E
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Title
EU digital copyright law and the end-user / Guiseppe Mazziotti.
Description
xvii, 374 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN
9783540759843
9783540759850
3540759859
3540759840 hardback
1281377201
9781281377203
9786611377205
6611377204
9783540759850
3540759859
3540759840 hardback
1281377201
9781281377203
9786611377205
6611377204
Alternate Call Number
N 331 MAZ.E
Summary
To what extent is the user of a copyrighted digital work entitled to make a copy for personal use of the work without the copyright holder??'s consent? Are file-sharers shielded from copyright liability under the exception of private copying when they download music files from peer-to-peer networks for free? May Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies solve the digital copyright dilemma and become???user-friendly???? These are some of the questions that this book considers in its thorough exploration of the legal framework of EU digital copyright law from the perspective of the???end-us.
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Humanities, Social Science and Law (Springer-11648).
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Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-366 and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction; 2. The impact of digitisation on the desirability of copyright exceptions; 3. Copyright harmonisation according to technological dictates; 4. The legal treatment of copyright exceptions under secondary EU law; 5. Digital copyright law: general policy issues under the EC treaty; 6. Implications of sharing copyrighted works on the internet; 7. Freedom of use vs. DRM technology: 8. Copyright policy alternatives for preserving end-user freedom of expression and information; Conclusion: towards a better EU copyright law.
Published
Berlin : Springer, 2008.
Language
English
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