Austin on Authors’ Human Rights and Copyright Policy @victoriauninews

Graeme W. Austin, Victoria University of Wellington, is publishing Authors’ Human Rights and Copyright Policy in volume 40 of the Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts (2017). Here is the abstract.

This article discusses opportunities for taking account of authors’ human rights guarantees in domestic copyright policy, arguing that human rights law should be regarded as one of the sources of international law making that should influence domestic policy issues. Using these ideas as a springboard, it discusses a recent UK copyright case involving the exercise of the copyright termination right (provided under US law) by former members of the pop group Duran Duran.

Download the article from SSRN at the link.