Intellectual property, cultural heritage, and human rights

Authors

Peter K. Yu, Texas A&M University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Book Section

Publication Date

7-2022

ISBN

978 1 80037 690 8

DOI

10.4337/9781800376915.00024

Abstract

This chapter interrogates the complex and challenging relationship between intellectual property and human rights in the cultural heritage context. It begins by mapping the contours of the international human rights framework as it relates to intellectual property and cultural heritage. The chapter then offers three sets of illustrations covering situations in which tensions and conflicts between human rights and intellectual property rights may arise: (1) the production of user-generated content; (2) the reproduction of Indigenous cultural heritage; and (3) the digitization, sharing or dissemination of cultural materials by museums, libraries and archives. This chapter concludes by advancing a three-step balancing process to help resolve these potential tensions and conflicts.

First Page

295

Last Page

311

Num Pages

17

Series

Research Handbooks in Intellectual Property

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

Editor

Irini Stamatoudi

Book Title

Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage

Recommended Citation

Peter K. Yu, Intellectual property, cultural heritage, and human rights, in Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage 295 (Irini Stamatoudi eds., 2022).
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