Copyright as a Rule of Law Challenge

By Viktoria Kraetzig This article is a shortened version of the re:constitution working paper, which was originally published by the Forum Transregionale Studien in 2023 and can be read here. “Copyright is the uniquely legitimate offspring of censorship.”[1] Introduction: Copying is Speaking The copyright/free speech conflict is inherent in copyright law:[2] copyright grants its owners a limited monopoly on a work, which is also a communication content.[3] If third parties copy[4] the work, ...