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 …

The paper investigates the patterns of persistence of innovation and of the properties of firms' knowledge base (KB …

The "hierarchical and linear model of innovation" (HLMI) is often used to describe how innovations are produced. HLMI … conceiving innovation systems as associations of building blocks and using contemporary engineering diagram-based languages to … display them. Nevertheless, this improvement does not challenge the dynamic features of innovation systems …

we remain largely unaware of it. If R&D seems to be an enabler of innovation, it is not sufficient by itself. Thus, the … use the linear model of innovation as the basis for policies to promote innovation? Is it not possible to go against the …