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A Novel Dataset Measuring Change In Copyright Exceptions, Michael Palmedo
A Novel Dataset Measuring Change In Copyright Exceptions, Michael Palmedo
Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series
Copyrights grant creators long periods of market exclusivity during which they or their agents have the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute their works. However, copyright exceptions limit their scope and strength. The laws on both copyright protection and copyright exceptions vary substantially from one country to the next. This working paper introduces a novel, survey-based dataset that describes changes to 24 countries’ laws on copyright exceptions over time. To explore the data, I construct two indices from subsets of the dataset; one that focus on exceptions related to ICT technologies and another that focuses on educational uses. The indices …