Not All Copying is Copyright Infringement
Ends: Thursday 23 February 2012 5:00 pm
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| Location | Lecture Centre 111 |
The proposition that not all copying is copyright infringement is a familiar one. In 2004, in CCH v. Law Society, the Supreme Court of Canada held that so-called "exceptions" to copyright infringement are to be regarded rather as “user rights”. The idea of user rights thus has clear affinities with the concept of copyright scope. More specifically, because it affirms that users, and not only authors, have recognized roles under copyright law in respect of works of authorship, the idea of user rights constrains copyright scope. The lecture will develop the view that the idea of user rights also has profound affinities with the concept of copyright subject matter. User rights require us to reconsider not only the scope of an author’s entitlement over her work, but also the very nature of that work itself. The idea that user rights are integral to copyright law makes sense only if we regard authors as speakers and works of authorship as acts of communication.
You are all warmly invited to attend. Please email Stavroula.Karapapa@brunel.ac.uk to confirm your attendance since places are limited.
Contact details
Name: Stavroula Karapapa
Email: stavroula.karapapa@brunel.ac.uk
