The 300-Year War of Copyright

Jonathan Wheeldon

Chapter 14 in Patrons, Curators, Inventors and Thieves, 2014, pp 213-233 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Two years into her role as Register of Copyrights and Director of the US Copyright Office, Pallante saw fit to make a speech calling for a comprehensive revision of copyright law. She recognizes that progress is likely to be slow due to the complex and arcane provisions of statute, the intensity with which interested parties make their views known, and the public’s confusion, if not aversion, on matters of copyright (p. 5). Nevertheless, her call is an acknowledgement that the technological and social changes of the 21st century mean that the law is not doing its job and risks losing its moral authority. Merely tinkering with amendments to existing statute is highly unsatisfactory. A better story needs to be told.

Keywords: Creative Industry; Berne Convention; Digital Storytelling; Settlement Agreement; Lady Gaga (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230306677_15

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