Democratic discourse in the digital public sphere: Re-imagining copyright enforcement on online social media platforms

Sunimal Mendis

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-86144-5_6

Democratic discourse in the digital public sphere: Re-imagining copyright enforcement on online social media platforms

Sunimal Mendis

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Abstract

Within the current European Union (EU) online copyright enforcement regime — of which Article 17 of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive [2019] constitutes the seminal legal provision— the role of online content-sharing service providers (OCSSPs) is limited to ensuring that copyright owners obtain fair-remuneration for content shared over their platforms (role of ‘content distributors’) and preventing unauthorized uses of copyright protected content (‘Internet police’). Neither role allows for a recognition of OCSSPs’ role as facilitators of democratic discourse and the duty incumbent on them to ensure that user freedoms to engage in democratic discourse are preserved. This essay proposes a re-imagining of the EU legal framework on online copyright enforcement — using the social planning theory of copyright law as a normative framework — to increase its fitness for preserving and promoting copyright law’s democracy enhancing function.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Perspectives on digital humanism
Editors	Carlo Ghezzi, Edward Lee, Erich Prem, Hannes Werthner
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	41-46
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-86144-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-86146-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86144-5_6
Publication status	Published - 2022

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The magic bullet that isn’t! The limited efficacy of Article 14 DSA in safeguarding copyright exceptions to quotation and parody on social media platforms
Mendis, S., 18 May 2023
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DIGHUM Summer School
Mendis, S. (Contributor)
19 Sept 2022 → 23 Sept 2022
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Democratic discourse in the digital public sphere: Re-imagining copyright enforcement on online social media platforms. / Mendis, Sunimal.
Perspectives on digital humanism. ed. / Carlo Ghezzi; Edward Lee; Erich Prem; Hannes Werthner. Cham: Springer Verlag, 2022. p. 41-46.

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

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Democratic discourse in the digital public sphere: Re-imagining copyright enforcement on online social media platforms

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The magic bullet that isn’t! The limited efficacy of Article 14 DSA in safeguarding copyright exceptions to quotation and parody on social media platforms

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