Opposing the Expansion of Copyright Law
Opposing the Expansion of Copyright Law

Social Norms in the Quest against ACTA and the “Commodification of Knowledge and Culture Project”

Author(s): Katarzyna Gracz
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Central European University Press
Keywords: intellectual property;copyright and patent right;ACTA;
Summary/Abstract: This contribution will tackle the question of the expansion of intellectual property in modern Europe from the perspective of copyright law. More precisely, it will focus on a case study of the recent rejection of the ACTA treaty both by the member states and by the European Union as a result of demonstrations of public discontent across Europe, triggered by street protests in Poland.

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