Appropriate for the Digital Age? Copyright and the Internet

L Edwards and C E Waelde (eds), Law and the Internet, 3rd ed (Hart Publishing, 2009), pp 183-225.

Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2014/24

35 Pages Posted: 30 Apr 2014

Date Written: April 24, 2014

Abstract

This paper, eventually published as two separate chapters, surveys the major issues affecting copyright as the result of digitisation and the rise of the Internet. In particular it considers infringement, exceptions, technical protection measures and rights management systems, and licensing. The paper concludes by asking how copyright may support realisation of the Internet’s potential for all legitimate stakeholders. It seems clear that the commercial possibilities require copyright protection coupled with some form or other of digital rights management. But it is equally clear that the individual consumers for whom the commercial products are ultimately intended will not accept a merely passive role in this marketplace.

Keywords: Copyright. Internet. Digital environment.

Suggested Citation

MacQueen, Hector Lewis, Appropriate for the Digital Age? Copyright and the Internet (April 24, 2014). L Edwards and C E Waelde (eds), Law and the Internet, 3rd ed (Hart Publishing, 2009), pp 183-225., Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2014/24, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2430787

Hector Lewis MacQueen (Contact Author)

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