EU Digital Copyright Law and the End-User

• Main Author: Mazziotti, Giuseppe (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Law.; Computers.; Law and legislation.; Commercial law.; International law.; Intellectual property > Law and legislation.; Commercial Law.; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law.; Legal Aspects of Computing.; European Law.

This book is the first comprehensive exploration of the legal framework of EU digital copyright law from the perspective of the ‘end-user’. This multi-faceted actor of the digital environment is a consumer of copyrighted works, a file-sharer of these works on the Internet, and a possible follow-on c...