The basic concepts in the field of copyright are facing changes due to the successive technological advancements we are witnessing, resulting in a redefinition of the legal significance of the term “innovation” due to the emergence of new works, whether in terms of their method of publication, presentation to the public, their type, or what is known as digital works generated by the digital environment. This necessitates a reconsideration of these legislations to keep pace with this development. Traditional support has been surpassed by time and has proven inadequate in facing the consequences of modern technology, especially since these works are characterized by complexity and require knowledge of modern technology to access and control them in order to exploit them. This study revolves around the issue of measuring the effectiveness and capacity of legal texts in Jordan to protect the intellectual property of electronic books. Has the Jordanian legislator established technological protection measures? Is the nature of this law flexible enough to provide this protection, or does it need special legislative texts to provide protection for authors of electronic books that are in line with the nature of the digital environment and all forms of electronic books? The study concluded with a set of results and recommendations, including: amending laws regulating the protection of (electronic) intellectual property rights to keep pace with the tremendous technological developments in information transmission methods, strengthening penalties for intellectual property rights violators, both material penalties and freedom-restricting penalties, and establishing clear and specific legal texts for actions that violate the digital privacy of authors’ rights to reassure authors and encourage them to continue their creativity.

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The Nature of Protected Electronic Books in the Digital Environment

  • Ahmad Awwad Albnian,
  • Hossam Hosein Alkhasawneh

摘要

The basic concepts in the field of copyright are facing changes due to the successive technological advancements we are witnessing, resulting in a redefinition of the legal significance of the term “innovation” due to the emergence of new works, whether in terms of their method of publication, presentation to the public, their type, or what is known as digital works generated by the digital environment. This necessitates a reconsideration of these legislations to keep pace with this development. Traditional support has been surpassed by time and has proven inadequate in facing the consequences of modern technology, especially since these works are characterized by complexity and require knowledge of modern technology to access and control them in order to exploit them. This study revolves around the issue of measuring the effectiveness and capacity of legal texts in Jordan to protect the intellectual property of electronic books. Has the Jordanian legislator established technological protection measures? Is the nature of this law flexible enough to provide this protection, or does it need special legislative texts to provide protection for authors of electronic books that are in line with the nature of the digital environment and all forms of electronic books? The study concluded with a set of results and recommendations, including: amending laws regulating the protection of (electronic) intellectual property rights to keep pace with the tremendous technological developments in information transmission methods, strengthening penalties for intellectual property rights violators, both material penalties and freedom-restricting penalties, and establishing clear and specific legal texts for actions that violate the digital privacy of authors’ rights to reassure authors and encourage them to continue their creativity.