| Description |
viii, 181 pages ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Information law series ; 14 |
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Information law series ; 14
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Copyright as a human right / Paul L. C. Torremans -- Ch. 2. Copyright and freedom of expression in Canada / Ysolde Gendreau -- Ch. 3. Copyrighting speech : a trans-Atlantic view / Michael D. Birnhack -- Ch. 4. Recapturing liberated information - the relationship between the United Kingdom's freedom of information act 2000 and private law restraints on disclosure / Jonathan Griffiths -- Ch. 5. Fair dealing and freedom of expression / Patrick Masiyakurima -- Ch. 6. Do we have a right to speak with another's language? Eldred and the duration of copyright / Wendy Gordon -- Ch. 7. 'Holding the line' - the relationship between the public interest and remedies granted or refused, be it for breach of confidence or copyright / Alison Firth -- Ch. 8. Rights of privacy, confidentiality, and publicity, and related rights / Peter Jaffey |
| Summary |
The idea of copyright, originally conceived as a means of protecting the right of individual authors to fair compensation for their work, has undergone a sea of change in recent decades. It is now frequently invoked to safeguard the profits of corporate marketers of widely-used media and software products, and in this context has given rise to a surprising new conflict: the collision of copyright and human rights. "Copyright and Human Rights" is the first comprehensive analysis of this emerging nexus of legal issues. In eight incisive essays, well-known authorities in both copyright law and human rights law present an in-depth analysis and discussion of such essential topics as the following: the human rights credentials of copyright; the relations between copyright and freedom of speech and expression, from the perspectives of both North American and European law; the impact of the US Supreme Court decision in Eldred; the relevance to copyright of the public interest defence in Euroepan law; and the fundamental rights of privacy in an intellectual property environment |
| Analysis |
International law |
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Civil & human rights |
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Patent & copyright law |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| SUBJECT |
Intellectual property. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90648194
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| Subject |
Intellectual property -- Congresses.
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Privacy, Right of -- Congresses.
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Copyright -- Congresses.
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Human rights -- Congresses.
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Freedom of speech -- Congresses.
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Freedom of expression -- Congresses.
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Intellectual property.
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Copyright.
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Human rights.
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Freedom of speech.
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Freedom of expression.
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Privacy, Right of.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Torremans, Paul.
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| LC no. |
2004050721 |
| ISBN |
9041122788 alkaline paper |
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