Unpacking the Right of Communication to the Public: A Closer Look at International and EU Copyright Law
Year: 2013
Type: preprint
Abstract: In the ever-evolving information age, the right of communication to the has struggled for a predictable interpretation under EU copyright law. Through the successive rulings of the CJEU, a body of law is beginning to emerge to interpret the right. Some of the findings of the CJEU have brought an uncomfortable overlap of right of communication to the with the pre-existing right of performance. Certain other findings such as the need for an active intervention by the user, the concept of new public and the need for an economic gain resulting from the communication have identified elements of the right not obvious from a plain reading of the provisions, although these findings have not been consistently applied. The purpose of this article is to unpack all these findings, and take a critical look at whether such findings are in tune with the jurisprudential basis of the right, and assess their impact on the national laws.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Author: Poorna Mysoor
Institution: University of Oxford
Language: English
Topic: Intellectual Property Law
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3139224923