Facing human rights attributes of copyright in Europe in the context of the EU Digital Single Market
Anna-Maria Andersen · 2017
The focus of the article is the initial development of the study on the human rights attributes of copyright in Europe in the context of the EU Digital Single Market.The article is written in the form of a condense research proposal and consists of three parts: 1. Subject and Purpose; 2. Description of issues and organization; 3. Validity for research and results.German cultural philosopher, Walter Benjamin in the 1930s believed that the aura surrounding artistic work and its protection would diminish with the increase of reproduction techniques.But as our experience of today tells us nothing could be further from the truth.On the contrary, that aura and the assumption of genius and authenticity has increased thousands of times. 1 As opposed to what is the case with other traditional areas of law such as property law, copyright law has historically been an international discipline.The profound and gradual development of copyright is a recent internationalizing factor.Copyright has great political, economic and cultural significance recognizing no national borders.The sources of copyright origin in the different relationships of copyright within and outside the European Union.They consist of international copyright treaties as well as regulations having unitary effect and harmonizing directives to be implemented in national law.The main principles and rules of modern copyright law are enshrined in the Berne Convention of 1886 for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.