Copyright Law and Translation: Access to Knowledge in Developing Economies

✍ Scribed by Chamila S. Talagala

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 255
• Series: Routledge Research in Intellectual Property
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Arguing that the translation of scientific and technical learning materials, and the publication of these translations in a timely and affordable manner, is crucially important in promoting access to scientific and technical knowledge in the developing world, this book examines the relationship between copyright law, translation and access to knowledge.

Taking Sri Lanka as a case study in comparison with India and Bangladesh, it identifies factors that have contributed to the unfavourable relationship between copyright law and the timely and affordable translation of scientific and technical learning materials, such as colonisation, international copyright law, the trade interests of the developing economies and a lack of expertise and general lack of awareness surrounding copyright law in the developing world.

Highlighting the need to reform international copyright law to promote the needs and interests of developing countries such as Sri Lanka, the book points to a possible way forward for developing countries to achieve this and to address the problem of striking a proper and delicate balance in their copyright laws between the protection of translation rights and the ability of people to access translations of copyright protected scientific and technical learning materials.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Table of international treaties, conventions and other instruments
Table of statutes and bills
Table of cases
I Introduction
1.1. Objective and scope of the book
1.2. Importance of access to knowledge
1.3. Developing countries and access to knowledge
1.4. Translation
1.5. Copyright
1.6. Structure of the book
II Access to scientific and technical knowledge, translation and copyright in Sri Lanka
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Importance of access to scientific and technical knowledge
2.3. Issues with regard to access to scientific and technical knowledge
2.4. Importance of translation
2.5. Copyright law and translation in Sri Lanka
2.6. Conclusion
III The British model of copyright law and translation [1908–1979]
3.1. Introduction
3.2. British model of copyright in Sri Lanka
3.3. British copyright and translation
3.4. Conclusion
IV WIPO model of copyright law and translation [1979–2003]
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Background to the WIPO model of copyright law
4.3. Translation under the WIPO model of copyright law
4.4. Reason for the way in which the WIPO model of copyright law protected translation rights
V TRIPS model of copyright law and translation [2003–2020]
5.1. Introduction
5.2. The TRIPS model of copyright law
5.3. Trade and investment concerns: the primary reason for the TRIPS model of copyright law
5.4. Lack of awareness, transparency and ignorance
VI Conclusion and the way forward
6.1. Conclusion
6.2. The way forward
Bibliography
Index