Book contents
- Copyright’s Arc
- Copyright’s Arc
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Problems of Global Copyright
- 2 Reducing Copyright in Developing Countries
- 3 Copyright, Middle-Income Countries, and National Inclusivity
- 4 Reducing Copyright in Developed Countries
- 5 Interaction between Copyright Regimes
- 6 Transitioning to Copyright’s Arc
- Conclusion
- Index
5 - Interaction between Copyright Regimes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2020
- Copyright’s Arc
- Copyright’s Arc
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Problems of Global Copyright
- 2 Reducing Copyright in Developing Countries
- 3 Copyright, Middle-Income Countries, and National Inclusivity
- 4 Reducing Copyright in Developed Countries
- 5 Interaction between Copyright Regimes
- 6 Transitioning to Copyright’s Arc
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
We do not owe copyright law any nostalgia. Extreme copyright laws are altering cultures across the globe. Given that we are already engineering culture through law, we need to seriously consider the unintended negative harms that result. Since cultures will and should change over time, so should the law that relates to culture – i.e., copyright law will and should change along with the culture it governs. Thus attempts to reform copyright should not be dismissed on the grounds that reform will alter our culture, given that copyright has already fundamentally done so and continues to do so.
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- Copyright's Arc , pp. 144 - 178Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020