This paper looks into the history of copyright protection for works of applied art and of design law in Germany and …

The increasing digitisation necessitates amendments to copyright protection. Both the European Parliament and the … with regard to copyright protection in a digital economy. For example, consumers (private or institutional users) have an … Parliament’s proposal for copyright reform sides more with the suppliers than with the consumers. Future policy at EU level …

Nations, Book I, Ch. 10) By the nineteenth century, it was thought that copyright law may provide a solution. As Thomas … Babington (Lord) Macaulay argued in a famous speech on copyright reform in the House of Commons (5 February 1841): “…there are … only two ways in which [men of letters] can be remunerated. One of those is patronage; the other is copyright.” In a …

explain why researchers from particular disciplines do (not) publish OA. Besides, several aspects like copyright law, age …

streaming – GEMA bashing followed. Music and copyright have always been a contentious issue. Digitization set in motion a … undermined previous business models of the music industry and shook basic assumptions in the understanding of copyright. Philip … interdisciplinary and historical perspectives on the fields of music business, copyright and capitalism in the digital transformation …