Impact of digitisation on the desirability of copyright exceptions -- Copyright harmonisation according to technological dictates -- The legal treatment of copyright exception under secondary EU law -- Digital copyright law : general policy issues under the EC treaty -- Implications of sharing copyrighted works on the internet -- Freedom of use vs. DRM technology -- Copyright policy alternatives for preserving end-user freedom of expression and information -- Conclusion : towards a better EU copyright law -- Appendix I. Digital rights management : the technological scenario -- Appendix II. Examples of national transposition of Article 6(4) of the InfoSoc directive -- Appendix III. Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and the council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
Summary
To what extent is the user of a copyrighted digital work entitled to make a copy for personal use of the work without the copyright holder??'s consent? Are file-sharers shielded from copyright liability under the exception of private copying when they download music files from peer-to-peer networks for free? May Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies solve the digital copyright dilemma and become???user-friendly???? These are some of the questions that this book considers in its thorough exploration of the legal framework of EU digital copyright law from the perspective of the???end-us
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