Copyright and Information Privacy. Conflicting Rights in Balance (Introduction)

Copyright and Information Privacy. Conflicting Rights in Balance, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017; ISBN: 9781785369360

5 Pages Posted: 22 Jan 2018

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Federica Giovanella

University of Udine - Dep. of Legal Sciences; University of Udine - Dep. of Legal Sciences

Date Written: December 29, 2017

Abstract

Federica Giovanella examines the on-going conflict between copyright and informational privacy rights within the judicial system in this timely and intriguing book.

Adopting a comparative approach focusing on the United States, Canada and Italy, Dr Giovanella skilfully explores the strategies through which judges solve conflicts between Internet users’ data protection and copyright holders’ enforceable rights. Using research centred on a selection of lawsuits in which copyright holders attempted to enforce their rights against Internet users suspected of illegal file-sharing, this book analyses the cases and regulatory frameworks concerning both privacy and copyright.

Copyright and Information Privacy demonstrates that these decisions were ultimately the by-products of different policy conceptions of the two conflicting rights. Whilst providing a comprehensive analysis of the conflict between copyright and data protection, this book also stimulates the debate surrounding the role that judges have in balancing conflicting rights, and examines their reasoning in resolving such conflict, taking into consideration the process of conceptual balancing.

Perceptive and contemporary in topic, this book will be beneficial to both scholars and students of intellectual property, privacy and comparative law.

Keywords: balancing rights; copyright; information privacy

Suggested Citation

Giovanella, Federica, Copyright and Information Privacy. Conflicting Rights in Balance (Introduction) (December 29, 2017). Copyright and Information Privacy. Conflicting Rights in Balance, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017; ISBN: 9781785369360, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3101436

Federica Giovanella (Contact Author)

University of Udine - Dep. of Legal Sciences ( email )

Via Treppo 18
Udine, Udine 33100
Italy

University of Udine - Dep. of Legal Sciences ( email )

Via Treppo 18
Udine, UD 33100
Italy

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