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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 |
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| 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 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
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DIGHUM Summer School
Sunimal Mendis (Contributor)
19 Sep 2022 → 23 Sep 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course etc. › Scientific