Upphovsrättens effekter på biblioteken : En diskussion kring bibliotekens position, verksamhet och framtid

• Main Author: Aho, Sebastian
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM 2010
• Subjects: Copyright; The Public Domain; Library; Property; Discourse analysis; Upphovsrätt; Public domain; Bibliotek; Egendom; Diskursanalys; Library and information science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-126499

This master thesis examines the copyright law with the purpose of sorting out the consequences and the effects of the law impacted on libraries. The theories used are mainly discourse analysis and public domain theory. At the centre of the examination is the effects that copyright law bring to libraries and their ability to perform their work. A major part of this thesis is gathered around the analysis of the presumptive key words that give the structures of copyright law the possibility to claim rightfulness. This is an outspoken strategy to illustrate the discourse of copyright law. Through the whole working process the author is trying to keep a critical point of view. The literature that is used consists to the biggest parts of texts written as an examination of the copyright law and the effects of the law. The author also uses legislations and laws regulating libraries work in society. The goal of the examination is to point out and discuss the friction that appears when one system of intellectual property is institutionalized in society. With this comes the mission of opening a discussion concerning the possibilities for libraries to “keep going strong” in a time deeply influenced and regulated by copyright law.