Title: Better a sword than a shield: the case for statutory fair use right in place of a defence

Authors: Warren Chik

Addresses: Singapore Management, University School of Law, Singapore

Abstract: This paper endorses a reinvention of the general and flexible fair use doctrine through the simple powerful elevation of its legal status from a legal exception to that of a legal right, and identifies all the benefits that a fair use right entails.

Keywords: intellectual property; information technology; copyright law; statutory fair use; infringement; defence; exception; digital rights management; DRM; anti-circumvention.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019438

International Journal of Private Law, 2008 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.157 - 210

Published online: 11 Jul 2008 *

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