Copyright, Property and the Social Contract The Reconceptualisation of Copyright /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gilchrist, John (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fitzgerald, Brian (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Mass media.; Law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; Economic development.; Social change.; Law-Europe.; Law-Philosophy.; IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .; Development and Social Change.; European Law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.
• Physical Description: XVI, 288 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319956909
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95690-9

This book provides international perspectives on the law of copyright in relation to three core themes - copyright and developing countries; the government and copyright; and technology and the future of copyright. The third theme includes an examination of the extent to which technology will dictate the development of the law, and a re-examination of the role of copyright in fostering innovation and creativity. As a critique, one chapter discusses how certain rights can create or reinforce social inequality under copyright royalty systems. Underlying these themes is the role the law of copyright has in encouraging or impeding human flourishing.