Formalities in the digital era: an obstacle or opportunity?

S. van Gompel

doi:10.4337/9781849806428.00038

Formalities in the digital era: an obstacle or opportunity?

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Abstract

This paper, which was presented at the 2009 ALAI conference in London, examines the possible reintroduction of copyright formalities against the background of the challenges that copyright law faces in the digital era. It does so by contrasting the current calls for reintroducing formalities with the legal-historical reasons for their abolition. The paper concludes that, while, in the pre-digital era, the objections against copyright formalities were real, in the light of the changes caused by the advent of digital technologies, there is now sufficient reason to reconsider subjecting copyright to formalities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Global copyright: three hundred years since the Statute of Anne, from 1709 to cyberspace
Editors	L. Bently, U. Suthersanen, P. Torremans
Place of Publication	Cheltenham
Publisher	Edward Elgar
Pages	395-424
ISBN (Print)	9781848447660
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849806428.00038
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	ALAI Congress - Duration: 1 Jan 2010 → …

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Conference	ALAI Congress
Period	1/01/10 → …

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Formalities in the digital era: an obstacle or opportunity? / van Gompel, S.
Global copyright: three hundred years since the Statute of Anne, from 1709 to cyberspace. ed. / L. Bently; U. Suthersanen; P. Torremans. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010. p. 395-424.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review