The digitization of copyrighted goods and the dematerialization of their distribution over the Internet have weakened … copyright, a key institution of the creative industries. One factor affecting the value of copyright stems from the broadband … roll-out, wherein copyright enforcement costs have become higher than the estimated benefits of copyright. This paper …

Jamendo is a website for the legal, free downloading of music. This platform of "free" online music, the biggest in the … artists' point of view. Does Jamendo simply represent a great opportunity for amateurs to showcase their music and win an … audience? Or is Jamendo also capable of attracting professional artists, for whom earning an income from their music is …

separate the notion of expression -- covered by copyright -- from the meanings it creates? Isn't meaning heavily dependent on … the concept of brand? And if so, how do copyright and trademark institutions work together to stimulate and promote … have historically been covered by copyright generate specific types of externality, both positive and negative, giving rise …

the heart of open source model since licenses that organize the innovation and business relationships between developers …, distributors and end-users are based on copyright law. The proliferation of software patents can, however be seen as a threat for …

comparative analysis framework contributing to the assessment of participative design methods for rural innovation with regard to … explorative innovation. We used a framework proposed by Charue-Duboc et al. (2010) as an entry point to build an analytical grid … framework we propose makes it possible to assess the capacity of these methods to foster exploratory innovation and enhance …

Purpose This paper aims to provide evidence of the major role of non-technological activities in the innovation process …. It highlights the effects of marketing and organizational innovation strategies on technological innovation performance …. Design/methodology/approach The article tests theoretical hypotheses on a sample of 555 firms of the 4th Community Innovation …

The article examines the process of innovation and knowledge sharing from a perspective that focuses on the influence … innovation process and show that the role played by the broker can be political. We identify two strategies that are used by …