Public Rights: Copyright's Public Domains

Author: Graham Greenleaf; David Lindsay
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107134065

Published In: June 2018
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781107592247

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Access to works in the public domain is an important source of human creativity and autonomy, whether in the arts, scientific research or online discourse. But what can users actually do with works without obtaining the permission of a copyright owner? Readers will be surprised to find how many different kinds of permitted usage exist around the world.

This book offers a comprehensive international and comparative account of the copyright public domain. It identifies fifteen categories of public rights and gives a detailed legal explanation of each, showing how their implementation differs between jurisdictions. Through this analysis, the authors aim to restore balance to copyright policy debates, and to contribute to such debates by making practical law reform proposals. A major intervention in the field of intellectual property law and copyright, this book will appeal to lawyers, scholars and those involved in the administration of copyright law.

Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgements

Table of International Agreements

Part I. What is the copyright public domain?

1. The copyright public domain – A new approach

2. A definition of the copyright public domain

3. Categories of public rights

Part II. Constraints and supports, global and national

4. The global public domain – limits imposed by international law

5. The global public domain – exceptions and enforcement

6. National public domains – supports and constraints

Part III. Public domains: Categories