The Idea of Authorship in Copyright

ISBN-13: 9781138272354 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 288 str.

Lior Zemer

Opis

This book provides an interdisciplinary approach to copyright law, dealing with symbiotic relations between law, philosophy and the sociology of the human creative ability. The study takes its organising principle from John Locke, defining and proving the fatal flaw inherent in debates on copyright: on the one hand, the copyright community is eager to arm authors with a robust property right over their creation, while on the other this community totally ignores the fact that the exposure of the individual to externalities is what makes him or her capable of creating material that is copyrightable.

Recenzje

'This book...could set off a whole new debate to rethink copyright laws. The book will be fascinating reading for those open to diverse views on the subject of IPR...and is certain to invite its share of admiration and criticism.' Journal of Intellectual Property Rights

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Conceptualising copyright; What copyright is; Authorial collectivity; Subjects of copyright and social construction; Lockean copyright re-imagined; Doctrinal payoffs: the public as a joint author; Conclusions: a blueprint for just copyright; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Lior Zemer is a lecturer in law at the Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Centre, Herzliya, Israel, and a Visiting Professor at Boston University School of Law.