@article{42061,
      recid = {42061},
      author = {Mysoor, Poorna},
      title = {‘Form’ in Conceptualising Copyright as a Property Right},
      pages = {20 pages},
      abstract = {In the UK, all works need to be recorded in some manner  for copyright to subsist. While scholars acknowledge that  this requirement exists, its teleological significance is  not appreciated. This article argues that the need for  record is a fundamental requirement in conceptualising  copyright as a property right, which gives the content of  copyright subject matter a form, demarcating its boundaries  and triggering property protection. It analyses the rules  governing form, which are sometimes expressly and sometimes  impliedly stated in the statute, but not necessarily  understood independently from other requirements of  copyright subsistence. It goes on to explain why the need  for form exists at all and why it exists as a precondition  to copyright subsistence, unlike authors’ rights regimes,  going on to argue that the need for form is compatible with  EU law.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/42061},
}