ABSTRACT
This article examines how copyright law protect academics in the Italian, German, and US jurisdictions and how academic authors use copyright vis-à-vis intermediaries (ie universities and publishers). The analysis shows that many academics are dissatisfied with how copyright works in the research sector and although the debate on this issue has been ongoing for several years now, the solutions proposed so far have not led to satisfactory results. This article presents these solutions and touches on a possible alternative that holds the promise of a fairer and more efficient copyright scientific publishing industry.
Bellia, Marco and Moscon, Valentina, Academic Authors, Copyright and Dissemination of Knowledge: A Comparative Overview (October 28, 2021). Forthcoming in: C Sappa and E Bonadio (eds), Art and Literature in Copyright Law: Protecting the Rights of Creators and Managers of Artistic and Literary Works, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No 21-27.
First posted 2021-12-10 09:00:38
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