288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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As information flows become increasingly ubiquitous in our post digital environment, the challenges to traditional concepts of intellectual property and the practices deriving from them are immense. The romantic understanding of the lone author as an endless source of new creations has to face these challenges. In order to do so, this work presents a collectivist model of intellectual property... Read more
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.
Biography
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.
'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
