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The abolition of copyrights: better for artists, Third World countries and the public domain

In: Copyright in the Cultural Industries

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  • Joost Smiers

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Several of the authors question the efficacy of copyright, which is increasingly regarded as benefiting multinational organisations rather than individual authors and performers. Others are less critical of copyright per se, but question its ability to meet the new challenges of a digital era. Some of the specific issues covered include: law and international transactions of copyrighted material; economic analysis of copyright and freedom of expression; music licensing in the digital age; the role of copyright in stimulating cultural development; internet distribution of copyright material; and the problems of licensing museum images.

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  • Joost Smiers, 2002. "The abolition of copyrights: better for artists, Third World countries and the public domain," Chapters, in: Ruth Towse (ed.), Copyright in the Cultural Industries, chapter 8, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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