Copyright and free speech : comparative and international analyses

Preface 1. Introduction PART A: MAPPING THE CONFLICT 2. Copyright and free speech theory 3. Commodification and cultural ownership 4. Copyright norms and the problem of private censorship 5. Towards an international public interest rule? Human rights and international copyright law PART B: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 6. Copyright and the First Amendment 7. Copyright, the public interest and freedom of speech 8. The impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on United Kingdom copyright law 9. Not such a 'timid thing' - the UK's integrity right and freedom of expression 10. Canadian copyright law and its Charters 11. Copyright and freedom of political communication in Australia 12. Freedom of expression and copyright under the civil law 13. Copyright and free speech in transition: the Russian experience PART C: THE DIGITAL WORLD 14. First Amendment speech and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: a proper marriage 15. Contracting out of copyright in the Information Society - the impact on freedom of expression 16. Databases, the Human Rights Act and EU law