Multimedia and Copyright
Posted: 13 Oct 2004
Abstract
. . . With the advent of digital or multimedia technology, it is not surprising that the role of copyright has once again been called into question. For the multimedia industry, the concerns are understandably these: can digital or multimedia technology be accommodated within the present framework of our copyright laws, or does digital or multimedia technology represent such a technological leap that the present copyright regime cannot adequately protect the new products and the new means of exploitation made possible by digital data compression? If the latter, what new category of subject-matter or new right should be created (and related to this, whether copyright is the appropriate legal framework for the protection of multimedia products)? Is there any solution to the multimedia industry's nightmare when it comes to obtaining licences to use pre-existing works? . . .
Keywords: Intellectual property, copyright, licensing, multimedia, Singapore
JEL Classification: K11, K12, K13, K19
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