The Politics of Online Copyright Enforcement in the EU
ISBN:
978-3-319-50973-0
Auflage:
1st ed. 2017
Verlag:
Springer International Publishing
Land des Verlags:
Schweiz
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.04.2017
Reihe:
Information Technology and Global Governance
Format:
Hardcover
Seitenanzahl:
346
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This book investigates recent policy initiatives dealing with the online enforcement of copyright in the European Union, providing unique insights into the current stalemate in the field. It is a timely contribution to the next steps of policy-making on copyright enforcement and Internet governance. The author brings to light tensions in how we encourage knowledge and cultural creation, and importantly how we regulate the Internet. In this study, online copyright enforcement is situated within the wider debate on Internet governance. Intermediary liability is a focal point. It provides an explanation of recent online copyright enforcement policy initiatives is based on an in-depth investigation of the ideas, interests, institutions and discourses involved in three EU level and two member state level initiatives. Seventy-two expert interviews complement the policy analysis conducted.
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Biografische Anmerkung
Trisha Meyer is Assistant Professor at Vesalius College, Belgium, and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for European Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Her research focuses on intellectual property rights and Internet governance in the European Union.
