By (Mary) Amanda Van Beuren
Source: Internet Newsletter for Lawyers, http://www.infolaw.co.uk/newsletter/2014/05/the-future-of-digital-copyright/
An interesting article on digital copyright written by British lawyer Simon Stokes, who has authored Digital Copyright Law and Practice (Hart Publishing, 2014).
The article is very informative and a opening understanding of the issue. Much more in the article, but here are a few tidbits (written in decidedly British english)...
Source: Internet Newsletter for Lawyers, http://www.infolaw.co.uk/newsletter/2014/05/the-future-of-digital-copyright/
An interesting article on digital copyright written by British lawyer Simon Stokes, who has authored Digital Copyright Law and Practice (Hart Publishing, 2014).
The article is very informative and a opening understanding of the issue. Much more in the article, but here are a few tidbits (written in decidedly British english)...
- The traditional view is that copyright arose out of lobbying by printers to prevent the piracy of their books. So in one sense it was a response by vested economic interests to the growth of a new technology.
- Digitisation is yet another new technology copyright is coming to terms with.
- Digital technology has put copyright at the cross roads. There are two conflicting ways ahead: the death of copyright or the consolidation and revision of copyright to address the digital future.
- The jury is still out whether digital copyright has a long term future or whether technical locks and keys and/or contract law will displace copyright from protecting digital content. But at the moment copyright’s future seems secure.
- Content owners will want to use a mixture of digital copyright, technical measures and/or licences (ie contract law) to protect their content.