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Yu, Peter K. --- "The confuzzling rhetoric against new copyright exceptions" [2015] ELECD 1083; in Drahos, Peter; Ghidini, Gustavo; Ullrich, Hanns (eds), "Kritika: Essays on Intellectual Property" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) 278

Book Title: Kritika: Essays on Intellectual Property

Editor(s): Drahos, Peter; Ghidini, Gustavo; Ullrich, Hanns

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781784712051

Section: Chapter 8

Section Title: The confuzzling rhetoric against new copyright exceptions

Author(s): Yu, Peter K.

Number of pages: 31

Abstract/Description:

In recent years, Australia, Canada, the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom and other members of the European Union have been busy exploring ways to modernize their copyright laws. In many of these jurisdictions, new copyright exceptions have been introduced or proposed to promote internet users’ access to digital content. Meanwhile, the copyright industries have uniformly opposed the introduction of these exceptions. This chapter scrutinizes seven of the industries’ most widely used arguments. Drawing on examples from digital copyright reform in Hong Kong and other jurisdictions, the chapter explains why the industries’ arguments have thus far been unconvincing. It also calls on policymakers and legislators to critically evaluate these arguments, lest they lead to wrong policy choices that harm internet users and the public at large.