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Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Secondary Liability in Copyright Law

Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Secondary Liability in Copyright Law

Author: Alain Strowel
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781847205629
Published In: May 2009
Format: Hardback , 352 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This timely volume offers a comprehensive review of case law, in various jurisdictions, on secondary liability for copyright infringement, particularly P2P file sharing and online infringements.

Moreover, the book includes forward-looking contributions of prominent academics from the USA and the EU, which provide original perspectives on the future shape of online copyright law, looking at questions such as whether it could or even should evolve towards a compensation system.

By combining these different avenues, the book will be of particular interest to practitioners, academics, researchers and legal scholars involved in the field of copyright law.

Introduction: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Secondary Liability in Copyright Law
Alain Strowel

1. Liability of Users and Third Parties for Copyright Infringements on the Internet: Overview of International Developments
Allen N. Dixon

2. Legal Issues in Peer-To-Peer File Sharing, Focusing on the Making Available Right
Michael Schlesinger

3. Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement with Regard to Hyperlinks
Alain Strowel and Vicky Hanley

4. Copyright Control vs. Compensation: The Prospects for Exclusive Rights after Grokster and Kazaa
Jane C. Ginsburg

5. Global Networks and Domestic Laws: Some Private International Law Issues Arising from Australian and US Liability Theories
Graeme W. Austin

6. A Bipolar Copyright System for the Digital Network Environment
Alexander Peukert

7. Sharing Out Online Liability: Sharing Files, Sharing Risks and Targeting ISPs
Robert Clark

8. A Reverse Notice and Takedown Regime to Enable Public Interest Uses of Technically Protected Copyrighted Works
Jerome H. Reichman, Graeme B. Dinwoodie and Pamela Samuelson

Index

Edited by Alain Strowel, Professor, Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Brussels and University of Liège, Avocat, Belgium

‘The book provides a good overview of the current legal situation with regard to liability for unlawful file sharing. . . To scholars, practitioners, law students, and other interested parties seeking an overview of the current situation on P2P file sharing, this is a very good starting point for further study.’
– Tanja Liljeström, IPR Info

‘This is a book that has a lot to offer. Many of its readers will benefit from the first chapters which comprehensively analyse the case law and put it in context, whilst others will benefit more from the more conceptual chapters and the criticism of certain points and suggestions for a way forward contained in them.’
– Paul L.C. Torremans, European Intellectual Property Review