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Manufacturing for export: A TRIPS-consistent pro-competitive exception
Correa, Carlos María; Correa, Juan I. - 2022
The paper discusses the flexibilization of the sui generis system of supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) under European law recently introduced to allow for the manufacturing, stockpiling and export of covered products. Against this background, it examines the viability under the...
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Women's economic rights in developing countries and the gender gap in migration to Germany
Neumayer, Eric; Plümper, Thomas - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 12 (2021) 1, pp. 1-23
There is a large variation across countries of origin in the gender composition of migrants coming to Germany. We argue that women's economic rights in developing countries of origin have three effects on their migration prospects to a place like Germany that is far away and difficult to reach....
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The EU-Directive on the Legal Protection of Databases and the Incentives to Update: An Economic Analysis
Koboldt, Christian - 1996
, establishes a two-tiered system of protection, amending copyright with a sui generis rule that grants protection against unfair …
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An Economist's Guide to Digital Music
Peitz, Martin; Waelbroeck, Patrick - 2004
In this guide, we discuss the impact of digitalization on the music industry. We rely on market and survey data at the international level as well as expert statements from the industry. The guide investigates recent developments in legal and technological protection of digital music and...
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Purchase, pirate, publicize: The effect of file sharing on album sales
Lee, Jonathan - 2016
This paper quantifies the relationship between private-network file sharing activity and music sales in the BitTorrent era. Using a panel dataset of 2,251 albums' U.S. sales and file sharing downloads on a private network during 2008, I estimate the effect of file sharing on album sales....
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Musik-Downloads: anbieterspezifischer Kopierschutz wettbewerbswidrig
Erber, Georg - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 11, pp. 171-174
Die Inhaber der Rechte an Musikstücken drängen auf einen wirksamen Schutz vor der unberechtigten Nutzung der von ihnen verlegten Titel. Anbieter von Musik-Download-Diensten haben daher Programme entwickelt (Digital Rights Management Systems, DRMS), die unter anderem das Kopieren verhindern...
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The valuation of moral rights: A field experiment
Bechtold, Stefan; Engel, Christoph - 2017
U.S. intellectual property law is firmly rooted in utilitarian principles. Copyright law is viewed as a means to give … proper monetary incentives to authors for their creative effort. Many European copyright systems pursue additional goals … moral rights protection should differ across the Atlantic and whether a purely profit-based theory of copyright law is …
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Digital music consumption on the internet
Aguiar, Luis; Martens, Bertin - 2013
The goal of this paper is to analyze the behaviour of digital music consumers on the Internet. Using clickstream data on a panel of more than 16,000 European consumers, we estimate the effects of illegal downloading and legal streaming on the legal purchases of digital music. Our results suggest...
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Online Copyright Enforcement, Consumer Behavior, and Market Structure
Aguiar, Luis; Claussen, Jörg; Peukert, Christian - 2015
Taking down copyright-infringing websites is a way to reduce consumption of pirated media content and increase licensed … with relatively low switching costs for users of copyright infringing platforms. The fact that the post-shutdown market …
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Streaming Reaches Flood Stage: Does Spotify Stimulate or Depress Music Sales?
Aguiar, Luis; Waldfogel, Joel - 2015
Streaming music services have exploded in popularity in the past few years, variously raising optimism and concern about their impacts on recorded music revenue. On the one hand, streaming services allow sellers to engage in bundling with the promise of increasing revenues, pro_ts, and consumer...
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