Copyright exhaustion : law and policy in the United States and the European Union / Péter Mezei.

"Péter Mezei offers an examination of copyright exhaustion, including its historical development, theoretical framework, practical application, and policy considerations. He compares the substantive norms and case law for the first-sale doctrine in the United States and in the European Union,...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Mezei, Péter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Cambridge intellectual property and information law.
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Summary:"Péter Mezei offers an examination of copyright exhaustion, including its historical development, theoretical framework, practical application, and policy considerations. He compares the substantive norms and case law for the first-sale doctrine in the United States and in the European Union, covering both analogue and digital applications, and, in doing so, questions the common rejection of exhaustion in the resale of digital subject matter, such as computer programs, sound recordings, audiovisual works, and e-books. Instead, he proposes a digital first-sale doctrine that would offer legal consistency to copyright law and a technologically feasible and economically balanced framework for content producers and consumers"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 258 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781108914918
1108914918
DOI:10.1017/9781108914918
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed March 11, 2022).