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Digital piracy: Theory
Belleflamme, Paul; Peitz, Martin - 2010
This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the...
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An economists 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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Das Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger: Eine ordnungspolitische Analyse
Stühmeier, Torben - 2011
Since the beginning of the year 2009 the German press publishers have lobbied for their own neighbouring right which should cover even short snippets of online press articles. The new right should basically protect the press publishers' investments in the online environment. Currently there is...
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An economic analysis of online streaming: How the music industry can generate revenues from cloud computing
Thomes, Tim Paul - 2011
This paper investigates the upcoming business model of online streaming services allowing music consumers either to subscribe to a service which provides free-of-charge access to streaming music and which is funded by advertising, or to pay a monthly flat fee in order to get ad-free access to...
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Die Ökonomie des neuen EU-Urheberrechts: Sieg der Plattformbetreiber oder Chance für Geschäftsmodelle der Kreativbranche?
Rusche, Christian; Scheufen, Marc; Roth, Steffen J.; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 72 (2019) 13, pp. 3-11
Im März dieses Jahres hat das Europäische Parlament trotz zahlreicher Proteste ein neues Urheberrecht beschlossen. Ziel …-Unternehmen, insbesondere Start-ups, bessere Chancen eröffnen, im Wettbewerb mit den US-amerikanischen und chinesischen Internet-Giganten zu … verbreiten wird dadurch aber erschwert. Ist das neue EU-Urheberrecht ein Durchbruch für Kreative oder ein Aufbruch ins unfreie …
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Digital technology and the allocation of ownership in the music Industry
Halonen-Akatwijuka, Maija; Regner, Tobias - 2009
We apply the property rights theory of Grossman-Hart-Moore in the music industry and study the optimal allocation of copyright between the artists who create music and the labels who promote and distribute it. Digital technology opens up a role for new intermediaries. We find that entry of...
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Auf dem Weg zu einem Urheberrecht für das 21. Jahrhundert: Ideen für eine zukünftige Regulierung kreativer Güter
Kreutzer, Till - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 92 (2012) 10, pp. 699-705
weiterzugeben, als dies noch vor 50 Jahren der Fall war. Das Urheberrecht kann die Rechteinhaber derzeit nicht effektiv schützen. Es … impact copyright law has undergone since computers and Internet access found their way into almost every household. What was …
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Overview of the charging situation for digital contents in Japan: From the viewpoint of compensation for private sound and visual recording
Kato, Naonori; Nogawa, Hiroki; Ueda, Masahi - 2011
Japanese copyright law consists of two parts. One has to do with the rights of the content holder. The other is concerned with limitations to the rights of the content holder, such as compensation for private sound and visual recording; that is, charges for copying media where it is difficult to...
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Non-fungible tokens
Idelberger, Florian; Mezei, Péter - In: Internet Policy Review 11 (2022) 2, pp. 1-9
Blockchain-based NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are uniquely identifiable digital representations of physical or digital items. Usually, the tokens are indivisible into smaller units. NFTs represent structured metadata referring to physical or digital objects. The tokens act as separate identifier...
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Smart Grids and Machine Learning in Chinese and Western Intellectual Property Law
Papastefanou, Stefan - In: IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and … 52 (2021) 8, pp. 989-1019
Having huge power grids successfully integrate sustainable energy sources requires a smart and flexible power grid management system. Such smart systems have to adapt fast and accurately to a great amount of data input – a task which is made easier by applying modern machine learning...
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