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The nearly twenty-year history of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's safe harbor provisions has been marked by …, they have been a focus of both Congress and copyright owners. To study the effect of the safe harbor provisions on such … universities about their copyright and DMCA practices. The results expose infirmities in the administration of the DMCA system …
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copyright legal framework, such as the lack of harmonization of rules on co-authorship and adaptation, that need to be tackled …
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violation of public policy, that constitute copyright or patent misuse by attempting to prohibit fair use or withdraw material … comments thereto appear to sanction conduct that is in tension with the federal Copyright and Patent Acts, the common law of …
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A reasonable future for Europe can only be achieved if two essential elements are fulfilled: Firstly, newly established institutions must be democratic and have strong support from citizens rather than from national governments. Secondly, the large number of different ethnic, cultural,...
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This paper analyzes whether hosting the most prestigious European cultural event, the European Capital of Culture, has an impact on regional economic development or the life satisfaction of the local population. Concerning the economic impact, we show that European Capitals are hosted in regions...
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Europe's monetary union is part of a broader process of integration that started in the aftermath of World War II. In this "political guide for economists" we look at the creation of the euro within the bigger picture of European integration. How and why were European institutions established?...
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Following ECB-president Draghi's remark that the European Social Model does no longer exist and the crisis can only be overcome through a combination of austerity and structural reform, this paper examines the consequences of austerity measures and structural reforms adopted during the crisis in...
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This paper offers a theoretical framework to analyze the implementability and performance of water rights buy-back schemes. On prediction of the model is that the success of the buy-back mechanism crucially depends on the effectiveness of the monitoring regime. When this is limited the...
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EU climate policy based on GHG emissions reduction (mitigation) is coupled with measures aimed at responding efficiently to the unavoidable consequences of climate change (adaptation). However, as the European Commission stated recently in its Green Paper on adaptation in Europe, there is still...
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This chapter revisits the interaction between the EU rules on State aid and on public procurement. It probes the standard presumption that compliance with EU procurement rules excludes the existence of State aid because public tenders are apt to replicate market conditions and thus suppress any...
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