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The tortuous journey to NETLAW: A laymanâ–™s guide

The tortuous journey to NETLAW: A laymanâ–™s guide Charles Clark A legally qualified publisher who began his career as editor in Sweet & Maxwell in 1957 and subsequently held top executive posts with Penguin and Hutchinson, Charles Clark changed his career in 1984 to become Copyright Adviser to the UK Publishers Association. This advisory role was subsequently extended to the UK’s Copyright Licensing Agency and the Federation of European Publishers. From 1990–99, Clark was also General Counsel to the International Publishers Copyright Council. In these various offices he represented the interests of publishers and authors to such international organizations as WIPO, UNESCO and the European Union. (Ed. Note: the author emphasizes that his article reflects the situation as of October 1999. The full text of his paper can be found on www.publishers.org.uk). The tortuous journey to NETLAW: A layman’s guide ( The control of digital copying – ie, the posting, down- loading and reproducing of text to and from the Internet – and the need to establish legal apparatus to reward copyright holders are the subject of long and ongoing international debate between publishers, copyright lawyers and legislators. This is an attempt to summarize for the general reader the history and current status of the debate. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Logos Brill

The tortuous journey to NETLAW: A laymanâ–™s guide

Logos , Volume 11 (2): 79 – Jan 1, 2000

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Brill
Copyright
© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0957-9656
eISSN
1878-4712
DOI
10.2959/logo.2000.11.2.79
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Abstract

Charles Clark A legally qualified publisher who began his career as editor in Sweet & Maxwell in 1957 and subsequently held top executive posts with Penguin and Hutchinson, Charles Clark changed his career in 1984 to become Copyright Adviser to the UK Publishers Association. This advisory role was subsequently extended to the UK’s Copyright Licensing Agency and the Federation of European Publishers. From 1990–99, Clark was also General Counsel to the International Publishers Copyright Council. In these various offices he represented the interests of publishers and authors to such international organizations as WIPO, UNESCO and the European Union. (Ed. Note: the author emphasizes that his article reflects the situation as of October 1999. The full text of his paper can be found on www.publishers.org.uk). The tortuous journey to NETLAW: A layman’s guide ( The control of digital copying – ie, the posting, down- loading and reproducing of text to and from the Internet – and the need to establish legal apparatus to reward copyright holders are the subject of long and ongoing international debate between publishers, copyright lawyers and legislators. This is an attempt to summarize for the general reader the history and current status of the debate.

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Published: Jan 1, 2000

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