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Streaming and Copyright Law - An end-user perspective (Hardcover)
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Streaming and Copyright Law - An end-user perspective (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Research in Intellectual Property
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This book examines the challenges posed to Australian copyright law
by streaming, from the end-user perspective. It compares the
Australian position with the European Union and United States to
draw lessons from them, regarding how they have dealt with
streaming and copyright. By critically examining the technological
functionality of streaming and the failure of copyright enforcement
against the masses, it argues for strengthening end-user rights.
The rising popularity of streaming has resulted in a revolutionary
change to how digital content, such as sound recordings,
cinematographic films, and radio and television broadcasts, is used
on the internet. Superseding the conventional method of
downloading, using streaming to access digital content has
challenged copyright law, because it is not clear whether end-user
acts of streaming constitute copyright infringement. These
prevailing grey areas between copyright and streaming often make
end-users feel doubtful about accessing digital content through
streaming. It is uncertain whether exercising the right of
reproduction is appropriately suited for streaming, given the
ambiguities of "embodiment" and scope of "substantial part".
Conversely, the fair dealing defence in Australia cannot be used
aptly to defend end-users' acts of streaming digital content,
because end-users who use streaming to access digital content can
rarely rely on the defence of fair dealing for the purposes of
criticism or review, news reporting, parody or satire, or research
or study. When considering a temporary copy exception, end-users
are at risk of being held liable for infringement when using
streaming to access a website that contains infringing digital
content, even if they lack any knowledge about the content's
infringing nature. Moreover, the grey areas in circumventing
geo-blocking have made end-users hesitant to access websites
through streaming because it is not clear whether technological
protection measures apply to geo-blocking. End-users have a severe
lack of knowledge about whether they can use circumvention methods,
such as virtual private networks, to access streaming websites
without being held liable for copyright infringement. Despite the
intricacies between copyright and access to digital content, the
recently implemented website-blocking laws have emboldened
copyright owners while suppressing end-users' access to digital
content. This is because the principles of proportionality and
public interest have been given less attention when determining
website-blocking injunctions.
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