Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byGeoffrey Grant Modified over 8 years ago
1
Copyright Whose is it? And who benefits?
2
Copyright: ownership and benefits What kind of right? The individual and society How copyright has grown The academy as producer The academy as consumer Options between private and public benefit
3
What kind of right? A property right, giving: control over use and circulation economic benefits moral rights – integrity, ‘paternity’ Also establishes circumstances in which the owner cannot prevent use
4
What kind of right? How absolute is a property right? An American steals a personal stereo from his neighbour. The Bangladesh government manufactures a patented medicine against TB, and pays no royalties.
5
The individual and society Even where society recognises your ownership, it insists there are circumstances in which you cannot prevent use: Fair dealing Statutory licences Guaranteed access
6
How copyright has grown Extension of rights or limitation of rights? Time! 70 years Scope: databases, technical measures
7
The growing scope of copyright Protection for technical measures creates a kind of ‘collateral damage’: it can go far beyond any society’s intended scope of copyright Infringing fair dealing or guaranteed access Obstructing free movement of goods Potential absolute barrier to social use
8
The academy as producer Output created at taxpayers’ expense, then sold back to the taxpayer! Publisher’s role Periodicals price index
9
Open access Author forgoes some exclusive rights of exploitation Requires publicly supported, non- commercial archive Difficulty over peer review, associated recognition for assessment and promotion
10
The academy as producer Not-for-profit publishers Mismatch between production and consumption
11
The academy as consumer Geographical spread Immediacy Use of L2 Political and economic imperatives for inclusion Changing subject mixes: vocational Segmentation and specialisation
12
Between public and private benefit Statutory licences and collecting societies Different forms of copyright ownership: author to publisher publisher to subscriber/user Accountable to all stakeholders
13
Statutory licences Quantitative limits: proportion of work Record-keeping Fair remuneration/impact on rightsholders’ business Balance between users’ and creators’ rights Overcome furtiveness, uncertainty, enforcement difficulties
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.