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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824622903321

Autore

Bosher Hayleigh

Titolo

Law, technology and cognition : the human element in online copyright infringement / / Hayleigh Bosher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2020

ISBN

9781000734904

1-000-73490-0

0-429-32221-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 pages)

Collana

Routledge research in intellectual property

Disciplina

346.240482

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Law and legislation

Copyright infringement - European Union countries

Copyright infringement - Great Britain

Copyright infringement - Social aspects

Copyright and electronic data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Bournemouth University, 2017) issued under the title: A framework using the internal and external perspectives and its application to online copyright infringement : an analysis of copying and communication to the public.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The Human Element in the Story of Online Copyright Infringement -- The Internal and External Perspectives of the Internet -- The Human Element in Reproduction -- Online Copyright Infringement by Storage and Transient Copying -- The Human Element in Communication to the Public -- Communication to the Public : Case Law Analysis -- Concluding the Story

Sommario/riassunto

"This book considers a new approach to online copyright infringement. Rather than looking at the subject within a purely technological context, it provides legal analysis from a human perspective. This book highlights that there are three key instances in which the capacity of a human mind intersects with the development of copyright regulation: (1) the development of copyright statutory law, (2) the interpretation of the copyright statutory law the judiciary, and (3) human interaction with new technology. Using a novel framework for constructing digital



perspectives, the author, Dr Hayleigh Bosher, analyses the laws relating to online copyright infringement. She provides insights into why the law appears as it does, shedding light on the circumstances of how it came to pass and demonstrates a clear malfunction in the interpretation and application of copyright law to online activities that derives from the disconnect between the technological and the human perspectives. The book proposes putting the human element back into copyright analysis to enable the return of reason where it has been lost, and provide a clearer, more consistent and fair legal regulation of online copyright infringement. Law, Technology and Cognition: The Human Element in Online Copyright Infringement will be of"--