Stamatoudi Copyright Enforcement and the Internet

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-411-5046-2
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Web PDF

Although copyright enforcement has always been a controversial issue, it took

the advent of the Internet to raise a fundamental challenge to its very raison

d’être. Legislative activity in this area during recent years clearly

demonstrates the extent to which enforcement has been brought to the forefront

of attention, as owners of copyrights find themselves trying to supersede the

limitations of law in order to respond effectively to the reproductive power

of new technologies. This timely collection of essays by European and

international authorities in the field of copyright law presents a variety of

valuable perspectives on the multitude of issues arising in respect of

copyright enforcement on the Internet, including the following:

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the collection of evidence for allegation of infringement;

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identifying the infringer;

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jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments;

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liability of Internet service providers;

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balancing copyright, data protection, and privacy;

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considerations of social policy and human rights;

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cost and efficiency of data availability on the Internet;

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exchanges of information and mutual assistance among enforcement authorities;

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criminal liability on the Internet;

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combating piracy in the digital environment; and

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prospects for a common regulatory framework.

Most of the existing European Union and international policies are considered

in some depth, and the authors also discuss a variety of national laws and

initiatives, technical measures, and the soft law and hard law models that

have been proposed. In the years to come, as more and more lawyers are

confronted with issues involving copyright enforcement on the Internet, this

book’s value as a springboard to the informed future development of this area

of legal theory and practice will become more evident. For this reason, as

well as for its richly detailed treatment of trends and current reality in the

field, it is sure to be read and put to good use by business people,

international lawyers, government officials, and interested academics in all

parts of the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stamatoudi, Irini A.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationaler Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Medien-, IT- und Urheberrecht