Drafting Copyright Exceptions - From the Law in Books to the Law in Action

This is a detailed account of interpretative practices and the 'law in action' that draws lessons for the drafting of copyright exceptions.

List of contents

Part I. Background: 1. Introduction; 2. Standards and rules; 3. Copyright and cultural institutions; Part II. The Law in Action: 4. Sector-specific exceptions; 5. Functional fair use; 6. Australian section 200AB; 7. Fair dealing's failures?; Part III. The Future: 8. New norms and practices; 9. Drafting copyright exceptions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Emily Hudson is Reader in Law at King's College London. She has also worked at the University of Oxford, University of Queensland, Melbourne Law School and Minter Ellison Lawyers.

Summary

Hudson assesses drafting options of copyright exceptions using insights from the standards and rules literature and case studies from cultural institutions. This will appeal to copyright scholars, cultural institution staff, government reform bodies, and academics interested in socio-legal studies, standards and rules analysis, and social norms.

Product details

• Authors: Emily Hudson, Emily (King's College London) Hudson, Emily (King''s College London) Hudson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781107043312
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04331-2
• No. of pages: 364
• Series: Cambridge Intellectual Propert; Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law; Cambridge Intellectual Propert
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; LAW / Intellectual Property / General, LAW / Intellectual Property / Copyright, LAW / Comparative, Copyright Law, comparative law, intellectual property law