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- International perspectives on the future of copyright by experts from various countries
- Describes the role of the public domain in the encouragement of human creativity and innovation
- Shows barriers to access information in developing countries
- Promotes access to, and preservation of, public sector information
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Copyright and Developing Countries
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Copyright, Technology and the Future
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Back Matter
About this book
This book provides international perspectives on the law of copyright in relation to three core themes - copyright and developing countries; the government and copyright; and technology and the future of copyright. The third theme includes an examination of the extent to which technology will dictate the development of the law, and a re-examination of the role of copyright in fostering innovation and creativity. As a critique, one chapter discusses how certain rights can create or reinforce social inequality under copyright royalty systems. Underlying these themes is the role the law of copyright has in encouraging or impeding human flourishing.
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Law, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia
John Gilchrist
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School of Law, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia
Brian Fitzgerald
About the editors
John Gilchrist is a Senior Research Fellow in Law at the Australian Catholic University. He holds postgraduate degrees and qualifications from four Australian Universities. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.
Dr Gilchrist has been involved with intellectual property as a policy and practicing lawyer and as an academic over a period of four decades. He was the Secretary of the Australian Copyright Law Committee on Reprographic Reproduction (the Franki Committee) and a member of the Australian Copyright Law Review Committee on its Crown Copyright reference. He has published numerous articles and a monograph on government copyright issues.
Brian Fitzgerald is Professor of Law at the Australian Catholic University and was the Foundation Dean of Law from 2012-2015. He holds postgraduate degrees in law from Oxford University and Harvard University and a current practising certificateas a Barrister.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Copyright, Property and the Social Contract
Book Subtitle: The Reconceptualisation of Copyright
Editors: John Gilchrist, Brian Fitzgerald
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95690-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95689-3Published: 15 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95690-9Published: 02 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 288
Topics: IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , Development and Social Change, European Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History