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The Work of Authorship

By Mireille van Eechoud

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Technological and economic concerns have long been the drivers of debate about copyright. But diverse disciplines in the humanities - including literary studies, aesthetics, film studies, and the philosophy of art - have a great deal to offer if we wish to establish a more nuanced and useful conception of copyright and authorship. This volume brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to explore the challenges inherent in translating aesthetics and creativity studies to concepts of copyright, especially as longstanding approaches are troubled by the rise of the digital.

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Contents
- Voices near and far
  - Introduction
    - Mireille van Eechoud
- Creative work and communicative norms
  - Perspectives from legal philosophy
    - Laura Biron
- Romantic authorship in copyright law and the uses of aesthetics
  - Erlend Lavik
- Creativity, autonomy and personal touch
  - A critical appraisal of the CJEU’s originality test for copyright
    - Stef van Gompel
- Adapting the work
  - Mireille van Eechoud
- Reassessing the challenge of the digital
  - An empirical perspective on authorship and copyright
    - Elena Cooper
- Creativity and the sense of collective ownership in theatre and popular music
  - Jostein Gripsrud
- Discontinuities between legal conceptions of authorship and social practices
  - What, if anything, is to be done?
    - Lionel Bently and Laura Biron
- About the authors