Eldar HaberCambridge University Press, 8/16/2018EAN 9781108403917, ISBN10: 1108403913Paperback, 286 pages, 22.8 x 15.4 x 1.9 cmLanguage: EnglishOriginally published in EnglishSince the birth of criminal copyright in the nineteenth century, the copyright system has blurred the distinction between civil and criminal infringements. Today, in many jurisdictions, infringement of copyrighted materials can result in punitive fines and even incarceration. In this illuminating book, Eldar Haber analyzes the circumstances, justifications, and ramifications of the criminalization process and tells the story of how a legal right in the private enforcement realm has become over-criminalized. He traces the origins of criminal copyright legislation and follows the movement of copyright criminalization and enforcement on local and global scales. This important work should be read by anyone concerned with the future of copyright and intellectual property in the digital era.Introduction1. Criminal copyright overview2. Copyright criminalization in the United Kingdom3. Copyright criminalization in the United States4. The criminal copyright gap5. Internal reasoning for criminal copyright6. External reasoning for criminal copyright7. The copyright-criminal integration8. An integrated approach for copyright criminalization9. The future of criminal copyright and how to stop itConclusion.
