Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Source Publication
Theoretical Inquiries in Law
Keywords
Copyright--Electronic information resources; Technology and law
Abstract
This article aims to draw the connection between how we conceptualize legal rights over information resources and our capacity to develop technologically neutral legal norms in the information age. More specifically, it identifies and critically examines three competing approaches to the idea of technological neutrality apparent in copyright jurisprudence. Ultimately, it is argued that true technological neutrality requires not simply the seamless expansion of legal rights into new technological contexts, but the careful, contextual recalibration of rights and interests in light of shifting values and changing circumstances. As a normative principle, technological neutrality in copyright law thus demands a nuanced and relational understanding of the rights at play, and the social values that they seek to foster as technologies evolve.
Repository Citation
Craig, Carys J. "Technological Neutrality: Recalibrating Copyright in the Information Age." Theoretical Inquiries in Law. 17.2 (2016): 601-632.
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