This report offers the first independent empirical assessment of the European levy system as a whole.The research consolidates the evidence on levy setting, collection and distribution; reviews the scope of consumer permissions associated with levy payments; and reports the results of three...

One issue that has been frequently discussed in the IRIS plus series is the unauthorized supply of copyright protected works via the Internet. The resulting threat of copyright infringements could, at least partly, be prevented through the use of Internet filters, an option that forms the...

The very recent decision of the European Court of Justice in Scarlet v SABAM is of high importance, especially for the ongoing debate around copyright enforcement online: the judges of the court decided that wide-ranging measures which involved total monitoring of Internet users' activity and...

Die ifo Studie zu Kultur und Wirtschaft handelt vom Folgerecht der bildenden Künstler. Zunächst werden die Problemstellung und die Gründe der Untersuchung vorgestellt. Die Analyse des Folgerechts wird in vier unterschiedliche Ebenen durchgeführt. Vorab wird geklärt, ob das Folgerecht eine...