Copyright exceptions and contract in the UK: the impact of recent amendments

Aronsson-Storrier, A. (2016) Copyright exceptions and contract in the UK: the impact of recent amendments. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, 6 (1). pp. 111-123. ISSN 2045-9815 doi: 10.4337/qmjip.2016.01.06

Abstract/Summary

In June and October 2014 a number of amendments to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 came into effect, introducing new copyright exceptions and amending several existing exceptions. Whilst following recent judicial review the private copying exception has been quashed, many of the remaining new exceptions significantly alter the relationship between copyright exceptions and contract, making contractual terms unenforceable where those terms restrict users from taking advantage of an exception. This paper explores the rationale for the UK amendments and considers whether the changes, as implemented, prevent rightsholders from contracting out of exceptions and whether they increase the clarity of the copyright system.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/51585
Identification Number/DOI	10.4337/qmjip.2016.01.06
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Law
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Download/View statistics	View download statistics for this item