Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Prolusion: What Is Intellectual Property (And Why Should You Care About It Anyway?) – A Layperson’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction: Intellectual Property Social Justice Theory: History, Development, and Description
- Part I IP Social Justice Foundations
- Part II IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
- Part III IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
- Part IV IP Social Justice in the Political Economy: Engaging Activism; Achieving Change
- Part V IP Social Justice in the Information Age
- 16 User-Generated Transformation: Intellectual Property, Social Justice, and Fanworks
- 17 Libraries, Copyright Exceptions, and Social Justice
- 18 An Intellectual Property Social Justice Perspective on Intellectual Property Protection for Artificial Intelligence Programs
- Part VI Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
- Part VII IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
17 - Libraries, Copyright Exceptions, and Social Justice
from Part V - IP Social Justice in the Information Age
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Prolusion: What Is Intellectual Property (And Why Should You Care About It Anyway?) – A Layperson’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction: Intellectual Property Social Justice Theory: History, Development, and Description
- Part I IP Social Justice Foundations
- Part II IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
- Part III IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
- Part IV IP Social Justice in the Political Economy: Engaging Activism; Achieving Change
- Part V IP Social Justice in the Information Age
- 16 User-Generated Transformation: Intellectual Property, Social Justice, and Fanworks
- 17 Libraries, Copyright Exceptions, and Social Justice
- 18 An Intellectual Property Social Justice Perspective on Intellectual Property Protection for Artificial Intelligence Programs
- Part VI Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
- Part VII IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
Summary
Libraries in the United States promote social justice by preserving and providing the public with free, equitable access to information. Libraries can provide this free access only because of exceptions and limitations in the U.S. Copyright Act such as the first sale doctrine, the fair use right, and the safe harbors for providers of online services. As a result of these exceptions and limitations, Americans at every social-economic level of our society enjoy access to the knowledge contained in millions of copyrighted works, and they use that knowledge to improve their daily lives and to enhance their participation in and contributions to civil society. This chapter explores the importance of these exceptions and limitations, particularly in the modern remote information society, to the pursuit of the precepts of equitable access, inclusion, and empowerment in the fulfillment of libraries’ social justice mission.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024