Der rechtliche Schutz von technischen Massnahmen im Urheberrecht, sog. Digital Rights Management (DRM), wurde auf vehementes Betreiben von Vertretern der Medienindustrie eingeführt, die ihre Urheber- und Leistungsschutzrechte im damals noch neuen, digitalen und vernetzten Markt gegen...

Digital piracy is a worldwide concern. Both very high and very low rates of intellectual property infringement threaten innovation, thus implying that some level of effective copyright regulation is required to incentivize the creation of original works. However, although Article 27 of the...

The three essays of this dissertation contribute to the measurement of European economic integration and investigate the welfare effects of the European countries. The first study presents a newly developed index – the EU Index – which measures the extent of economic integration into the...