Copyright in E-Commerce

This essay will focus on copyright infringements in the world of e-commerce because the economic loss of this type of violation is staggering. The study will aim to start by briefly explaining the rationale underlying Intellectual Property Rights. Then, it will move on to Intellectual Property Rights themselves and analyze Copyright in depth. The second chapter will shed light on copyright owner’s rights, limitations, exceptions and lastly, the chapter will end with a case study about “communication to the public.” In a final manner, the third section of the paper is dedicated to e-commerce. During this section, problems related to Internet Service Providers together with their legal liability will be discussed. The chapter will end by offering a number of mechanisms to avoid the potential infringements. In order to provide a more practical contemplation, the chapter will investigate Amazon at the end. This is worth mentioning that because a great deal of Internet Service Providers resides in the U.S., this paper will consider the legal systems of both the EU and the U.S.