EU Digital Copyright Law and the End-User (eBook)

Giuseppe Mazziotti (Autor)

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2008 | 2008
XX, 374 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-75985-0 (ISBN)

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This book presents a thorough exploration of the legal framework of EU digital copyright law from the perspective of the end-user. It provides a detailed examination of the implications that the spectacular rise of this new actor creates for the interplay between the EU copyright system and human rights law, competition law and other important policies contained in the EC Treaty. This comprehensive, book is crucial reading for lawyers, policymakers and academics.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Acknowledgments 8
Table of contents 10
List of abbreviations 17
PART I COPYRIGHT AND DIGITISATION 19
1. Introduction 20
1.1. The research question 20
1.2. Terminology 21
1.3. The value of transformative and non-transformative uses in the copyright system 23
1.4. New kinds of transformative use 26
1.5. Non-transformative use 27
1.6. The structure of the book 29
2. The impact of digitisation on the desirability of copyright exceptions 31
2.1. An economics-based introduction to the book problem 31
2.2. Legal consequences 38
2.3. The legal framework: copyright exceptions under EU law 52
2.4. Summary 54
PART II EU DIGITAL COPYRIGHT LAW FROM THE END-USER PERSPECTIVE 56
3. Copyright harmonisation according to technological dictates 57
3.1. Introduction 57
3.2. Legal basis and objectives of copyright harmonisation in the EU 57
3.3. The re-definition of the copyright scope 66
3.4. Anti-circumvention law in defence of technological protection measures 83
3.5. Summary 90
4. The legal treatment of copyright exceptions under secondary EU law 91
4.1. Introduction: from vertical to horizontal exceptions 91
4.2. The introduction of the three-step test under EU law 94
4.3. The new requirement of legal access at the expense of lawful use 100
4.4. The InfoSoc Directive’s exhaustive list of copyright exceptions 103
4.5. Safety nets for copyright exceptions against DRM systems 108
4.6. National exceptions after the InfoSoc Directive: a brief overview 118
4.7. Summary 123
5. Digital copyright law: general policy issues under the EC Treaty 124
5.1. Introduction 124
5.2. The failure of the InfoSoc Directive in the pursuit of market integration 126
5.3. The clash with Member States’ cultural policies 131
5.4. End-use licences and EU consumer contract law: a neglected intersection 133
5.5. Summary 146
PART III UNSETTLED ISSUES 147
6. Implications of sharing copyrighted works on the Internet 148
6.1. Introduction 148
6.2. End-user liability: the United States 149
6.3. End-user liability: the European Union 154
6.4. Peer-to-peer software providers’ liability: the United States 163
6.5. Peer-to-peer software providers’ liability: the European Union 173
6.6. Summary 186
7. Freedom of use vs. DRM Technology 189
7.1. Introduction 189
7.2. DRM technology under EU law 190
7.3. The European Commission’s view of DRM technology 196
7.4. Specific issues raised by DRM technology: Interoperability 199
7.5. Restriction of private copying 210
7.6. Restriction of transformative uses 225
7.7. Summary 237
PART IV WORKING SOLUTIONS IN THE EU COPYRIGHT SYSTEM 240
8. Copyright policy alternatives for preserving end-user freedom of expression and information 241
8.1. Addressing the conflict between copyright and freedom of expression 241
8.2. Restrictions on freedom of communication over peer-to-peer networks 247
8.3. EU copyright enforcement policy in respect of file-sharing 253
8.4. The adverse impact of current DRM technology on free uses 284
8.5. Summary 290
9. Conclusion: towards a better EU copyright law 292
9.1. Introduction 292
9.2. Creating a user rights infrastructure 292
9.3. Elements of a user rights management infrastructure 299
9.4. Re-adjusting the three-step test 309
9.5. Summary 314
APPENDIX 317
Appendix I - Digital Rights Management: The Technological Scenario 318
Appendix II - Examples of National Transposition of Article 6(4) of the Infosoc Directive 330
Appendix III - Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society 338
Reference List 353
Index 371

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.2.2008
• Zusatzinfo: XX, 374 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: consumer digital rights • Copyright • copyright exceptions • Copyright Law • Digital rights management • Digital Rights Management (DRM) • EU Digital Copyright Law • Internet • privacy • the consumer as a possible follow-on creator
• ISBN-10: 3-540-75985-9 / 3540759859
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-75985-0 / 9783540759850