The scope and legitimacy of private copying is one of the most highly contested issues in digital copyright. This book offers an original analysis of private copying and determines the actual scope of private copying as an area of end-user freedom in the digital world. In particular, it examines the permissibility of digital private copying with a view to clarify the legal uncertainty as to its scope.
The scope and legitimacy of private copying is one of the most highly contested issues in digital copyright. This book offers an original analysis of private copying and determines the actual scope of private copying as an area of end-user freedom in the digital world. In particular, it examines the permissibility of digital private copying with a view to clarify the legal uncertainty as to its scope.
Stavroula Karapapa (LLB, LLM, PhD) is lecturer in intellectual property law at Brunel University and practicing Barrister at the Athens Bar, specialising in Intellectual Property and Internet law. Her chief research interests focus on the intersection of law and technology.
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1. Legal Nature and Rationale 2. The Permitted Activities 3. Defining 'Private' 4. Defining 'Non-Commercial' 5.Fitting private copying into the three-step test 6. Levies on Private Copying 7. Technological Restrictions on Private Copying 8. Contractual Constraints on Private Copying 9. Conclusion