Copyright Reconstructed is the result of a collaborative research project, ‘Reconstructing Rights’ funded by Microsoft Europe, that normatively examined the core economic rights protected under EU copyright law, with the aim of realigning these rights with economic and technological realities. It follows an interdisciplinary approach, combining economic and legal methods. The book presents various concurring future models of ‘reconstructed’ copyright law. The historical evolution of copyright has led to a growing disconnect between the legal definitions of economic rights and the business and technological realities they regulate, eroding copyright’s normative content and distorting the scope of its economic rights.
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Contributors Preface Chapter 1: Reconstructing Rights: Project Synthesis and Recommendations Chapter 2: A Brief History of Value Gaps: Pre-Internet Copyright Protection and Exploitation Models Chapter 3: Deconstructing Copyright Chapter 4: A Fairness-Based Approach to Economic Rights Chapter 5: The Right to Reasonable Exploitation Concretized: An Incentive Based Approach Chapter 6: Realigning Economic Rights with Exploitation of Works: The Control of Authors over the Circulation of Works in the Public Sphere Chapter 7: Reconstructing the Reproduction and Communication to the Public Rights: How to Align Copyright with Its Fundamentals Chapter 8: Towards a Universal Right of Remuneration: Legalizing the Non-commercial Online Use of Works Chapter 9: Borderlines of Copyright Protection: An Economic Analysis