The Politics of Online Copyright Enforcement in the EU - Access and Control

This book investigates recent policy initiatives dealing with the online enforcement of copyright in the European Union, providing unique insights into the current stalemate in the field. It is a timely contribution to the next steps of policy-making on copyright enforcement and Internet governance. The author brings to light tensions in how we encourage knowledge and cultural creation, and importantly how we regulate the Internet. In this study, online copyright enforcement is situated within the wider debate on Internet governance. Intermediary liability is a focal point. It provides an explanation of recent online copyright enforcement policy initiatives is based on an in-depth investigation of the ideas, interests, institutions and discourses involved in three EU level and two member state level initiatives. Seventy-two expert interviews complement the policy analysis conducted.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. The Internet Versus Copyright?-. 3. Creative Content Online: 2008 European Commission Consultation.-4. HADOPI: 2009 Graduated Response in France.- 5. E-Commerce Directive: 2010 European Commission Consultation.- 6. Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: 2010-2012 European Parliament Discussions.- 7. Lessons Learned: Online Copyright Enforcement in the European Union.- 8. Conclusion. 

About the author

Trisha Meyer is Assistant Professor at Vesalius College, Belgium, and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for European Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Her research focuses on intellectual property rights and Internet governance in the European Union. 

Summary

This book investigates recent policy initiatives dealing with the online enforcement of copyright in the European Union, providing unique insights into the current stalemate in the field. It is a timely contribution to the next steps of policy-making on copyright enforcement and Internet governance. The author brings to light tensions in how we encourage knowledge and cultural creation, and importantly how we regulate the Internet. In this study, online copyright enforcement is situated within the wider debate on Internet governance. Intermediary liability is a focal point. It provides an explanation of recent online copyright enforcement policy initiatives is based on an in-depth investigation of the ideas, interests, institutions and discourses involved in three EU level and two member state level initiatives. Seventy-two expert interviews complement the policy analysis conducted.

Product details

• Authors: Trisha Meyer
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319845357
• ISBN: 978-3-31-984535-7
• No. of pages: 346
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 20 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Illustrations: XXII, 346 p. 10 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Series: Information Technology and Global Governance; Information Technology and Global Governance
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Globalisierung, Internationale Beziehungen, Öffentliche Verwaltung, Kommunikationswissenschaft, Europa, B, Globalization, Europe, Law, Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie, European Politics, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, Unterhaltungs- und Medienrecht, International Relations, Political science & theory, Political Science and International Studies, Communication Studies, Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Economy, Mass Media, Entertainment & media law, IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, International Political Economy, Europe—Politics and government, Political Communication, Political structure and processes, International Political Economy’, Entertainment and media law