Book contents
- Copyright’s Arc
- Copyright’s Arc
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Problems of Global Copyright
- 2 Reducing Copyright in Developing Countries
- 3 Copyright, Middle-Income Countries, and National Inclusivity
- 4 Reducing Copyright in Developed Countries
- 5 Interaction between Copyright Regimes
- 6 Transitioning to Copyright’s Arc
- Conclusion
- Index
2 - Reducing Copyright in Developing Countries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2020
- Copyright’s Arc
- Copyright’s Arc
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Problems of Global Copyright
- 2 Reducing Copyright in Developing Countries
- 3 Copyright, Middle-Income Countries, and National Inclusivity
- 4 Reducing Copyright in Developed Countries
- 5 Interaction between Copyright Regimes
- 6 Transitioning to Copyright’s Arc
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
In the spirit of Richelieu, entertainment multinationals seek to increase their wealth by subduing the prospects of the poor in developing countries. Their misguided quest for ever more profit leads them to lobby Congress to exert pressure on poor countries to enact and maintain extreme copyright laws.2 As a result, excessive copyright protections in developing countries suppress education and the adoption of human rights because they make it more expensive to access knowledge and entertainment.3
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- Copyright's Arc , pp. 24 - 64Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020