What if we could reimagine copyright? / edited by Rebecca Giblin & Kimberlee Weatherall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giblin, Rebecca, editor.

Weatherall, Kimberlee, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright--Economic aspects.

Copyright.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 pages) : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Acton, Australia : ANU Press, 2017.

Summary:

"What if we could start with a blank slate, and write ourselves a brand new copyright system? What if we could design a law, from scratch, unconstrained by existing treaty obligations, business models and questions of political feasibility? Would we opt for radical overhaul, or would we keep our current fundamentals? Which parts of the system would we jettison? Which would we keep? In short, what might a copyright system designed to further the public interest in the current legal and sociological environment actually look like? Taking this thought experiment as their starting point, the leading international thinkers represented in this collection reconsider copyright's fundamental questions: the subject matter that should be protected, the ideal scope and duration of those rights, and how it should be enforced. Tackling the biggest challenges affecting the current law, their essays provocatively explore how the law could better secure to creators the fruits of their labours, ensure better outcomes for the world's more marginalised populations and solve orphan works. And while the result is a collection of impossible ideas, it also tells us much about what copyright could be - and what prescriptive treaty obligations currently force us to give up. The book shows that, reimagined, copyright could serve creators and the broader public far better than it currently does - and exposes intriguing new directions for achievable reform." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

If we redesigned copyright from scratch, what might it look like? / Rebecca Giblin and Kimberlee Weatherall

Copyright, creators and society's need for autonomous art : the blessing and curse of monetary incentives / Martin Senftleben

Copyright as an access right : securing cultural participation through the protection of creators' interests / Christophe Geiger

What should copyright protect? / R Anthony Reese

Making copyright markets work for creators, consumers and the public interest / Jeremy de Beer

Reimagining copyright's duration / Rebecca Giblin

Copyright formalities : a return to registration? / Dev S Gangjee

Calibrating copyright for creators and consumers : promoting distributive justice and Ubuntu / Caroline B Ncube

A reimagined approach to copyright enforcement from a regulator's perspective / Kimberlee Weatherall

A collection of impossible ideas / Rebecca Giblin and Kimberlee Weatherall.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print record, CIP data from the publisher, and e-publication e-publication, viewed on April 29, 2021.

CC BY-NC-ND

Other Format:

Print version (paperback):

ISBN:

9781760460815

1760460818

OCLC:

959551198

Publisher Number:

10.22459/WIWCRC.01.2017