Impact of Technological Protection Measures in the Access to Public Domain
Abstract
Public domain is the nature reserve from which creation has traditionally nourished. The advent of the «information age» provides an almost infinite possibility to get in touch with works and ideas from different times and from all over the world. They represent the widest cultural basis that any human being has had at his disposal at any time. However, technology that provides this access comes with development of mechanisms that will limit it: these are the so-called technological protection measures. Technological protection measures can be directed towards controlling both the access to a work and the use of the same. In both cases, as a technical mechanism is blind to conditions or characteristics surrounding the attempt to access or the use of the work, it is unable to determine if the attempted access or use are authorized by law or not. Because of its wide legal protection it would limit the access to contents that are part of public domain. Regulation developed at a domestic level must have in consideration these aspects.Keywords:
Technological protection measures, public domain, exceptions and limitations, access, copyrightReferences
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