EU digital copyright law and the end-user
To what extent is the user of a copyrighted digital work entitled to make a copy for personal use of the work without the copyright holder??'s consent? Are file-sharers shielded from copyright liability under the exception of private copying when they download music files from peer-to-peer networks for free? May Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies solve the digital copyright dilemma and become???user-friendly???? These are some of the questions that this book considers in its thorough exploration of the legal framework of EU digital copyright law from the perspective of the???end-us
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Impact of digitisation on the desirability of copyright exceptions
Copyright harmonisation according to technological dictates
The legal treatment of copyright exception under secondary EU law
Digital copyright law : general policy issues under the EC treaty
Implications of sharing copyrighted works on the internet
Freedom of use vs. DRM technology
Copyright policy alternatives for preserving end-user freedom of expression and information
Conclusion : towards a better EU copyright law
Appendix I. Digital rights management : the technological scenario
Appendix II. Examples of national transposition of Article 6(4) of the InfoSoc directive
Appendix III. Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and the council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
English
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