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Shugurov, M.V. The tensions between international human right to freedom of expression and copyright in digital age: perspectives of theirs coinciding in the context of international law.

Abstract: The article is devoted to justification the international legal approach to problem of tension between international information rights and copyright, especially in respect to the Internet. Author analyses the single cases when IPR’s, mainly author’s and neighboring rights, build the numerous troubles for realization such international human rights as right to freedom of expression and information. Much attention is paid to a new trends in doctrine of intellectual property that is inspired the process of digitization. In introduced investigation there are proved the limited possibility of consideration copyright as human right. The key role in elaborating and adopting principle standards in this sphere belong to international law, including international human rights law. Simultaneously, the latter must corresponds to international law of IP, international information law, and international competition law.


Keywords:

international law, information, author, globalization, cooperation, limitations, Internet, control, freedom, interests.


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