Abstract
Categorisation of subject matter is an important aspect of the law of copyright and related rights. This is not merely from a technical point of view. Whether under the international treaties, common law copyright systems or civil law author’s right and neighbouring right systems, categorisation affects the substantive rights conferred. In this article, I shall explain the distinctions between two categories of copyrights recognised by United Kingdom law, namely content copyrights and signal copyrights, and I shall argue that UK law in this area suffers from two problems. Addressing these problems would promote a more rational scheme of protection, as well as enabling a more accurate implementation by the UK of the EU copyright directives.
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