Copyright Law In Transition

Abstract

For over a decade, we have been witnessing massive changes of social behaviours regulated by copyright law. At the same time we’ve also witnessed the emergence of new forms of expression, new channels of content distribution and a growing sphere of informal, unauthorized exchange of content. Each of these is a case of democratisation – or rather popularisation – of practices regulated by copyright law, which until recently applied to only a small group of professional creators and intermediaries.