A 'call to arms' for fair dealing reform

Eoin O'Dell of Trinity College Dublin has posted an excellent discussion of the growing imbalance between original rights-holders and subsequent users in copyright law. While the post also provides much useful background information, its focus is on the perceived need for reform of the fair dealing exception to copyright in Irish law, and by extension on a proposed EU Fair Use Directive. He calls for a thoroughgoing re-examination of the current balance between reward and innovation, and offers a persuasive means of achieving it.

More generally, the cearta.ie blog is a very useful kick-off point for comment on current developments in Irish media law and policy (among a range of other things).