Copyright, Disability and Social Inclusion: the Marrakesh Treaty and the Role of Non-signatories

Of Rights and Reservations Access to knowledge has always been at the forefront of the international discourse on intellectual property.[1] The idea that a system designed to encourage creativity and foster innovation must allocate exclusive rights to authors and artists is as old as the Statute of Anne.[2] The same statute, however, provides that this […]

Authors and Users: Lessons From Outre-Mer

Although states have different cultural and legal traditions, copyright is a legal discipline that unites many aspects of these traditions.

Streaming of a Live Sporting Event is not a User Right

On May 13, 2012, the Supreme Court of Israel gave a landmark decision in Civil Appeal 9183/09 The Football Association Premier League Ltd v John Doe. The Court overturned a controversial decision by Judge Michal Agmon-Gonen of the District Court in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. In that case, Judge Agmon-Gonen used the mechanism of legal transplantation to […]