Edited by Fiona Macmillan, School of Law, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

'A richly diverse and interdisciplinary collection of studies of modern copyright, drawing not only on law but also on insights drawn from history, economics, philosophy and political theory. The importance of human rights for copyright and IPRs generally emerges clearly from the first group of papers, while the easy assumption that copyright develops in response to new technologies is significantly challenged in the second group. An international cast of authors ensures that the coverage is global, while never losing sight of the different ways in which particular issues play out in local contexts.'

• Contents:Preface Fiona MacmillanPART I: COPYRIGHT, CORPORATE POWER AND HUMAN RIGHTS1. Database Sui Generis Right: The Need to Take the Public’s Right to Information and Freedom of Expression into AccountEstelle Derclaye2. Author’s Right, Copyright and the Public’s Right to Information: A Complex Relationship (Rethinking Copyright in the Light of Fundamental Rights)Christophe Geiger3. Traditional Cultural Expressions in a Matrix of Copyright, Cultural Diversity and Human RightsChristoph Beat Graber4. Comparative Advertising: The Conflicting Claims of Copyright, Unfair Competition and Freedom of ExpressionJonathan Griffiths5. Political Economy of Intellectual Property Policy-Making: Theory and Practice – An Observation from a Realistic (and Slightly Cynical) PerspectiveMeir Perez PugatchPART II: COPYRIGHT AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES6. Copyright Law: A Stakeholders’ Palimpsest Uma Suthersanen7. How Technology Changes the Scope, Strength and Usefulness of Copyright: Revisiting the ‘Economic Rationales’ Underpinning Copyright Law in the New Economy Birgitte Andersen8. Fertile Ground: Law, Innovation and Creative TechnologiesKathy Bowrey9. Owning Form, Sharing Content: Natural-Right Copyright and Digital EnvironmentMaurizio BorghiIndex