Resolving the crisis of copyright law in the digital environment : reforming the "copy-right" into a "reuse-right"

Primavera de Filippi (1) , Katarzyna Gracz (2)

1 CERSA - Centre d'études et de recherches de science administrative
2 Department of Law

The paper explores the mechanisms that led to the current crisis of copyright law in the digital era by applying the concept of law as an autopoietic system. It analyses how copyright law has evolved over the years, and how - every time a new technology has come to disrupt the system - the law has evolved to try and preserve the traditional status quo. Today, however, in order to benefit from the new opportunities offered by digital technologies, copyright law must be radically reformed to encourage - rather than discourage - the dissemination of online works. This might require a shift from a system based on the concept of reproduction (copy-right) to a system based on the reutilization of works (reuse-right).

Mots clés: copyright law; autopoiesis; digital technologies

Domaines: Droit

Primavera de Filippi, Katarzyna Gracz. Resolving the crisis of copyright law in the digital environment : reforming the "copy-right" into a "reuse-right". 7th International Conference on the interaction of knowledge rights, data protection and communication., Nov 2012, Helsinki, Finland. pp.44. ⟨hal-00855714⟩