Copyright and Free Speech Comparative and International Analyses

Name: Copyright and Free Speech Comparative and International Analyses
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ISBN: 9780199276042

ISBN-10: 0199276048

ISBN-13: 9780199276042

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jonathan Griffiths, Uma Suthersanen

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Written by a team of leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of copyright and free speech, this work analyses the potential for interaction and conflict between the two rights. Free speech is the lifeblood of any democracy. As John Stuart Mill stated, "In government, perfect freedom of discussion in all its modes - speaking, writing, and printing - in law and in fact is the first requisite of good because the first condition of popular intelligence and mental progress." (Letter by John Stuart Mill, 18 March, 1840) Copyright, on the other hand, represent a property regime which protects human creativity as manifested in all types of expressions such as literary works, paintings and…

Book details

List price: $245.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/16/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 474
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



Preface




Introduction




Mapping the Conflict



Copyright and free speech theory




Fiona Macmillan



Copyright norms and the problem of private censorship




Towards an international public interest rule? Human rights and international copyright law




National Perspectives



Copyright and the First Amendment




Copyright, the public interest and freedom of speech




QCThe impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on United Kingdom copyright law




Not such a 'timid thing' - the UK's integrity right and freedom of expression




Canadian copyright law and its Charters




Copyright and freedom of political communication in Australia




Freedom of expression and copyright under the civil law




Copyright and free speech in transition: the Russian experience




The Digital World



First Amendment speech and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: a proper marriage




Contracting out of copyright in the Information Society - the impact on freedom of expression




Databases, the Human Rights Act and EU law