Copyright Perspectives: Past, Present and Prospect

✍ Scribed by Brian Fitzgerald, John Gilchrist (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 326
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides international and domestic perspectives on the law of copyright and is led by a foreword on the future of copyright by Dr Francis Gurry, Director General of WIPO and a chapter on the lessons for copyright policy in classical Roman law, by Justice Arthur Emmett. The body of this collection covers current perspectives in the digital age, from the application of the Berne Convention, to time shifting and intermediary copyright liability, as well as perspectives from developing and developed countries covering laws, user rights, open access, government use of copyright material and the use of the criminal law to proscribe copyright infringement.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Address of Victor Hugo to the International Literary Congress....Pages 1-6
Limitless Information....Pages 7-15
Roman Law, Private Property and the Public Domain: Lessons for Copyright Policy....Pages 17-27
Country of Origin and Internet Publication: Applying the Berne Convention in the Digital Age....Pages 29-50
An Islamic Perspective on the Theories of Intellectual Property....Pages 51-84
IP and Development: A Road Map for Developing Countries in the Twenty-First Century....Pages 85-96
Evolution and Future Trends of Copyright in Nigeria....Pages 97-124
Copyright, Fair Use and the Australian Constitution....Pages 125-164
Crown Use: The Government as User of Copyright Material Owned by Other Persons....Pages 165-204
Open Content Licensing of Public Sector Information and the Risk of Tortious Liability for Australian Governments....Pages 205-239
Duty and Control in Intermediary Copyright Liability: An Australian Perspective....Pages 241-259
Time Shifting in a Networked Digital World: Optus TV Now and Copyright in the Cloud....Pages 261-289
The Development of Copyright Offences in Australia....Pages 291-313
Back Matter....Pages 315-317

✦ Subjects

International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law