Laskowska-Litak, Ewa; Mania, Grzegorz --- "Copyright as a service - a perspective on the axiological nature of the copyright system" [2019] ELECD 1405; in Frankel, Susy (ed), "Is Intellectual Property Pluralism Functional?" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 267

Book Title: Is Intellectual Property Pluralism Functional?

Editor(s): Frankel, Susy

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 10

Section Title: Copyright as a service – a perspective on the axiological nature of the copyright system

Author(s): Laskowska-Litak, Ewa; Mania, Grzegorz

Number of pages: 21

Abstract/Description:

The chapter presents a proposal for re-thinking of fundamental assertions about the copyright regime and re-shaping it in order to achieve a more balanced system that matches digital reality. Following a historical review, in the first part of the chapter, the authors investigate new possibilities of shaping copyright’s structure that offer a new perspective but not a revolution. The second part of the chapter is thus based on review of juridical, historical and aesthetic arguments that create the fundaments of copyright’s regime. Built on this base the authors present a new proposal for re-thinking the structure of copyright’s law as a service-like institution. As a starting point for future discussion the authors suggest other directions for approaching copyright’s law in the era of modern technologies.