Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Our Present -- Knowledge in a global society -- Cultural and social development -- Part II. Our Past -- The social contract -- A second opportunity -- Landscaping the legal terrain -- Part III. Building bridges for progress -- The international stage.

The American Constitution empowers Congress to enact copyright laws to 'promote the progress of science and the useful arts'. This book offers the first in-depth analysis of the connection between copyright law as a legal institution and the constitutional goal of promoting social and cultural advancement. Focusing on the relationship between this explicit purpose and the normative uses and production of creative works, Alina Ng argues that a robust copyright system that embodies moral and ethical principles is necessary to protect the different values and expectations of authors, publishers a.