TY - BOOK ID - 17561406 TI - The internationalisation of copyright law PY - 2006 SN - 9780521868167 0521868165 9780511495274 9780521123037 0521123038 1107170958 9786611085926 0511350759 0511348002 1139132385 0511348975 0511495277 1281085928 0511349858 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Copyright. KW - Copyright KW - History KW - Literary property KW - Property, Literary KW - Intangible property KW - Intellectual property KW - Anti-copyright movement KW - Authors and publishers KW - Book registration, National KW - Patent laws and legislation KW - Law and legislation KW - Law KW - General and Others UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17561406 AB - Technological developments have shaped copyright law's development, and now the prospect of endless, effortless digital copying poses a significant challenge to modern copyright law. Many complain that copyright protection has burgeoned wildly, far beyond its original boundaries. Some have questioned whether copyright can survive the digital age. From a historical perspective, however, many of these 'new' challenges are simply fresh presentations of familiar dilemmas. This book explores the history of international copyright law, and looks at how this history is relevant today. It focuses on international copyright during the nineteenth century, as it affected Europe, the British colonies (particularly Canada), America, and the UK. As we consider the reform of modern copyright law, nineteenth-century experiences offer highly relevant empirical evidence. Copyright law has proved itself robust and flexible over several centuries. If directed with vision, Seville argues, it can negotiate cyberspace. ER -