Introduction

Abstract

This chapter introduces the landscape of copyright users at the international and regional levels and describes the radically different approach taken in this book from other works on copyright user rights. The chapter explains some of the benefits of approaching copyright user rights by focusing more strictly on concepts of private law rather than through concepts of public law and policy. It describes the international and multijurisdictional scope of the book and defines key concepts and terminology used throughout the book: ‘user rights’, ‘copyright users’, ‘copyright works’, ‘copyright holders’, ‘commercial copies of copyright works’, ‘personal property’, ‘technological protection measures’, and ‘technological measures’ and provides an overview of each chapter in the book.