Human Rights Law might not be the answer: response to Article 19’s principles on copyright

On 23 April Article 19 published its Principles on Copyright and Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age. Anne Barron of the LSE Department of Law argues that while the Principles translate international human rights norms into useful arguments against the further erosion of Internet freedom by beefed-up copyrights, they may also pre-empt more radical options for re-thinking the relationship between copyright and communication.