Criminal copyright

"Since the birth of criminal copyright in the nineteenth century, the copyright system has blurred the distinction between civil and criminal infringements. Today, in many jurisdictions, infringement of copyrighted materials can result in punitive fines and even incarceration. In this illuminating book, Eldar Haber analyzes the circumstances, justifications, and ramifications of the criminalization process and tells the story of how a legal right in the private enforcement realm has become over-criminalized. He traces the origins of criminal copyright legislation and follows the movement of copyright criminalization and enforcement on local and global scales. This important work should be read by anyone concerned with the future of copyright and intellectual property in the digital era."

1. Criminal copyright overview : Criminal vs. civil law -- International copyright criminalization : Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) ; The Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime ; The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) ; The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ; Criminal Copyright in the European Union (EU) ; Informal copyright criminalization in the global context -- 2. Copyright criminalization in the United Kingdom : Criminal copyright in the United Kingdom : Fine Arts Copyright Act of 1862 ; Musical Copyright Act of 1906 ; Copyright Act 1911 ; Copyright Act 1956 ; Copyright Act 1956 (Amendment) Act 1982 and Copyright (Amendment) Act 1983 ; Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985 ; Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ; Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002 ; Copyright and related rights regulations 2003 ; Digital Economy Act 2010 ; Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 2010 ; Digital Economy Act 2017 -- Evaluating copyright criminalization in the United Kingdom -- 3. Copyright criminalization in the United States : Criminal copyright in the United States : Cri…