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...

Table of Contents:

• Copyright and Digitisation
• The impact of digitisation on the desirability of copyright exceptions
• EU Digital Copyright Law from the End-User Perspective
• Copyright harmonisation according to technological dictates
• The legal treatment of copyright exceptions under secondary EU law
• Digital copyright law: general policy issues under the EC Treaty
• Unsettled Issues
• Implications of sharing copyrighted works on the Internet
• Freedom of use vs. DRM Technology
• Working Solutions in the EU Copyright System
• Copyright policy alternatives for preserving end-user freedom of expression and information
• Conclusion: towards a better EU copyright law.