Internet Memes and Copyright Law
Diving into the Meme Pool
Series: Routledge Research in Intellectual Property;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Taylor & Francis
- Date of Publication 30 September 2025
- ISBN 9781041016731
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages228 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 450 g
- Language English 725
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Short description:
This book explores the intricate relationship between copyright law and internet meme culture, challenging an assumption that copyright is a barrier to digital creativity. It will be of interest to researchers in the field of copyright law, the law of emerging technologies and intellectual property law.
MoreLong description:
This book explores the intricate relationship between copyright law and internet meme culture, challenging an assumption that copyright is a barrier to digital creativity.
Using the lens of internet memes to analyse copyright law in the context of participatory remix culture, the book confronts a common perception that copyright is the 'destroyer' of internet memes on social media platforms. Following the European Union’s Copyright Directive, widely known as the 'Meme Ban', this book critically examines whether copyright might instead be reimagined to foster rather than inhibit re-creations that define internet meme culture. The book argues that this culture directly challenges copyright's core assumptions, and proposes a new, holistic approach to copyright that distinguishes between traditional and emergent forms of creative processes. Arguing for a flexible interpretation of copyright that limits private proprietary rights in the case of internet memes, it provides a legal framework to support socio-cultural discourse without undermining copyright's foundational principles. Covering core copyright concepts such as authorship, idea/expression, originality, fair dealing, and user rights, the book provides a compelling argument as to how copyright can adapt to the digital age as a 'protector' of cultural expressions, ensuring that internet memes are not only preserved but celebrated.
The book will be of interest to researchers in the field of copyright law, the law of emerging technologies, and intellectual property law.
MoreTable of Contents:
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
1. The Dynamic Notions of Internet Meme Culture
2. The Memes Have Spoken: A New Social Practice
3. Copyright, Memetic Creativity, and the Meme Pool
4. Copyright Uncertainties and Enforcement Tensions
5. Copyright Should Facilitate Internet Meme Culture
6. Reconciling with Memetic Creativity
7. Non-Exclusive Rights of Underlying Work
8. User-Creators and Their Rights
9. A Delicate Dance with Intermediaries
10. Roads to Reconciliation
Conclusion
Index
