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This book explores the relationship between copyright law's exceptions and limitations and the conflicting interests of rightsholders and users.
Beginning with an overview of the history of permissions culture within photography law, the book discusses the flexibility of fair dealing exceptions and the resulting consequences of the exclusion of photographs within academic activities, projects, and ultimately the avoidance of particular research fields. Discussing the asymmetrical dependencies of stakeholders and photography researchers, the book highlights the issues with permission and fair dealing laws in the UK and offers industry-based solutions to minimise its adverse impact on academic research on photography.
The book will be of interest to researchers in the field of intellectual property law, copyright law, and photography.
List of contents
1. Introduction
Part I: Theory: Law in Culture2. The Photographic Meaning: Context, Circulation, and Copyright
3. Theorising Copyright: From Prescriptive Approaches towards Descriptive Ones
Part II: Doctrine: The Rules That Bind Photography4. Copyright's Discursive Power over Photography
5. Permitted Acts under CDPA 1988: The UK's Fair Dealing Regime
Part III: Practice: Copyright in the Market6. Re-use and Circulation of Images in Photography Scholarship
7. A Way Forward: Discursive Solutions for Discursive Problems
8. Conclusion: Challenging Copyright Narratives
About the author
Ogulcan Ekiz is Lecturer in Law at HRC School of Law, Swansea University.
