"This book is a study that attempts to address the plight of creativity in the Digital Age by offering a new way of looking at intellectual property. It argues that we must recognize the crucial importance of creativity in our technological society, and suggests copyright law should work with free speech principles for the greater goal of creative and cultural development on a global scale. In support of this approach, the book proposes a new model of copyright as a counterweight to the commercial model that dominates the international community : copyright as a human rights concern."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-342) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Copyright: the legal face of globalization; 2. Copyright and freedom in the "Digital Age"; 3. Copyright law in transition; 4. Copyright and tyranny: the foundations of socialist copyright law; 5. Revolution and reform: the transformation of copyright under communism; 6. Creative freedom on trial: the Siniavski-Daniel case; 7. Copyright and the breakdown of communism; 8. The future of post-communist copyright: a special role for moral rights; 9. Copyright and human rights: the post-communist experience and a new international model.
"This book is a study that attempts to address the plight of creativity in the Digital Age by offering a new way of looking at intellectual property. It argues that we must recognize the crucial importance of creativity in our technological society, and suggests copyright law should work with free speech principles for the greater goal of creative and cultural development on a global scale. In support of this approach, the book proposes a new model of copyright as a counterweight to the commercial model that dominates the international community : copyright as a human rights concern."--Jacket.