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The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

Shyamkrishna Balganesh, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Ng-Loy Wee Loon, National University of Singapore School of Law
Haochen Sun, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
March 2023
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Paperback
9781009293143

    While copyright law is ordinarily thought to consist primarily of exclusive rights, the regime's various exemptions and immunities from liability for copyright infringement form an integral part of its functioning, and serve to balance copyright's grant of a private benefit to authors/creators with the broader public interest. With contributors from all over the world, this handbook offers a systematic, thorough study of copyright limitations and exceptions adopted in major jurisdictions, including the United States, the European Union, and China. In addition to providing justifications for these limitations, the chapters compare differences and similarities that exist in major jurisdictions and offer suggestions about how to improve the enforcement of copyright limitations domestically and globally. This work should appeal to scholars, policymakers, attorneys, teachers, judges, and students with an interest in the theories, policies, and doctrines of copyright law.

    • Analyzes how copyright law interacts with other aspects of countries' legal and regulatory landscapes
    • Provides readers with an understanding of the theoretical foundation of copyright limitations
    • Examines how global discussions of copyright exceptions can address recent technological developments

    Reviews & endorsements

    '… the book is recommended for academics, students, lawyers and judges.' Charles Oppenheim, Thomson Reuters

    'This book would undoubtedly appeal to anyone interested in copyright exceptions. It provides a truly global discussion on all angles of the 'This book would undoubtedly appeal to anyone interested in copyright exceptions. It provides a truly global discussion on all angles of the dimensions and debates around copyright exceptions and limitations'.' Hayleigh Bosher, The IPKat

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    Product details

    March 2023
    Paperback
    9781009293143
    433 pages
    253 × 178 × 24 mm
    0.82kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Part I. The Theoretical Foundation of Copyright Limitations:
    • 1. The economics of copyright exemptions: a comparative analysis Ben Depoorter
    • 2. Self-actualization and the need to create as a limit on copyright Christopher S. Yoo
    • Part II. Internationalizing Copyright Exceptions:
    • 3. Displacing the dominance of the three-step test: the role of global, mandatory use Tanya Aplin and Lionel Bently
    • 4. An international instrument for permitted uses in copyright law Reto M. Hilty and Valentina Moscon
    • 5. A copyright limitations treaty based on the Marrakesh model: nightmare or dream come true? Martin Senftleben
    • 6. Protection of limitations and exceptions in the international copyright framework Sam Ricketson
    • Part III. Models of Copyright Exceptions:
    • 7. Debunking the fair use vs fair dealing myth: have we had fair use all along? Ariel Katz
    • 8. Fair use as an advance on fair dealing? Depolarising the debate Michael Handler and Emily Hudson
    • 9. The changing judicial politics of copyright exceptions in the UK Robert Burrell
    • 10. 'Fair use' through fundamental rights in Europe: when freedom of artistic expression allows creative appropriations and opens up statutory copyright limitations Christophe Geiger
    • 11. Limitations and exceptions in copyright law across the Taiwan Strait Kung-Chung Lin
    • 12. A general clause on copyright limitations in civil law countries: recent discussion on Japanese-style fair use clause Tatsuhiro Ueno
    • 13. Bridging fair dealing and fair use concepts: Malaysia's transition to a hybrid system Ida Madieha Azmi
    • Part IV. Obvious and Hidden Values in the Working of Copyright Exceptions:
    • 14. Creating a public interest principle for the adjudication of fair use and fair dealing cases Haochen Sun
    • 15. An empirical review of the copyright limitations and exceptions in educational activities Daniel Seng
    • 16. Copyright and academic photocopying: the University of Delhi case Arpan Banerjee
    • 17. Parody, satire, caricature and pastiche: fair dealing is no laughing matter David Tan
    • 18. Cultural impact on copyright exceptions: parody in Germany and Japan Christopher Rademacher
    • 19. From fair dealing to user-generated content: legal la la land in Hong Kong Alice Lee and Brendan Clift
    • 20. Rights, exceptions, and the 'work' of news Graeme W. Austin
    • 21. Copyright and religion: an exemption for the use of music and songs in worship? Ng-Loy Wee Loon
    • 22. Security measures and the future of fair use David Nimmer.
      Contributors
    • Ben Depoorter, Christopher S. Yoo, Tanya Aplin, Lionel Bently, Reto M. Hilty, Valentina Moscon, Martin Senftleben, Sam Ricketson, Ariel Katz, Michael Handler, Emily Hudson, Robert Burrell, Christophe Geiger, Kung-Chung Lin, Tatsuhiro Ueno, Ida Madieha Azmi, Haochen Sun, Daniel Seng, Arpan Banerjee, David Tan, Christopher Rademacher, Alice Lee, Brendan Clift, Graeme W. Austin, Ng-Loy Wee Loon, David Nimmer

    • Editors
    • Shyamkrishna Balganesh , Columbia Law School

      Shyamkrishna Balganesh is a Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. His scholarship focuses on understanding how intellectual property and innovation policy can benefit from the use of ideas, concepts, and structures from different areas of the common law, especially private law.

    • Ng-Loy Wee Loon , National University of Singapore School of Law

      Wee Loon Ng-Loy is a Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law of National University of Singapore. Her main research interests are in the field of intellectual property (IP) law. She is the author of Law of Intellectual Property of Singapore, 2nd edition (2014).

    • Haochen Sun , University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law

      Haochen Sun is Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Law and Technology Center at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law. He has won the HKU Faculty of Law Research Output Prize twice, and is the co-editor of The Luxury Economy and Intellectual Property (2015).