Better a Sword Than a Shield: The Case for Statutory Fair Dealing/Use Right as Opposed to a Defence in the Light of the Disenfranchising Effect of Digital Rights Management and Anti-Circumvention Laws
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
This paper endorses a reinvention of the general and flexible fair use doctrine through the simple powerful elevation of its legal status from a legal exception to that of a legal right, and identifies all the benefits that a fair use right entails.
Keywords
intellectual property; information technology; copyright law; statutory fair use; infringement; defence; exception; digital rights management; DRM; anti-circumvention
Discipline
Intellectual Property Law
Publication
International Journal of Private Law
Volume
1
Issue
1/2
First Page
157
ISSN
1753-6235
Identifier
10.1504/IJPL.2008.019438
Publisher
InderScience
Citation
CHIK, Warren B..
Better a Sword Than a Shield: The Case for Statutory Fair Dealing/Use Right as Opposed to a Defence in the Light of the Disenfranchising Effect of Digital Rights Management and Anti-Circumvention Laws. (2008). International Journal of Private Law. 1, (1/2), 157.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/821
Additional URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJPL.2008.019438