“Continuing the theme of balancing copyright and other fundamental rights, from this Kat’s previous book review, she now turns to Emily Hudson’s Drafting Copyright Exceptions: From the Law in Books to the Law in Action, which was also nominated in the IPKat book of year awards for best copyright book. Hudson, Reader at King’s College London, introduces her book by stating that we need a new paradigm through which to view the operation and drafting of copyright exceptions. And just before the reader might begin to think this is another book analysing the justifications and role of copyright exceptions, Hudson quickly departs by saying that the majority of the literature takes a top-down or ‘law in books’ approach, whereas this research considers the ‘law in action’, which uses an understanding of the practices of non-legal actors; the creators, copyright owners and users …” (more)
[Hayleigh Bosher, The IPKat, 24 January]
First posted 2021-01-25 11:46:20
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