Courts continue to struggle with discerning the level of substantial similarity between musical compositions in infringement analyses, which is related to their difficulty in determining the portion that is available for the public to use, and where that permission stops. This paper argues that,...

A central concern with digitisation in the cultural industries is that unauthorised, digital copying – which erodes copyright protection – will disrupt cultural supply. The empirical findings of this study suggest that this concern is not justified. In the German market for sound recordings,...

Die Sharing Economy bezeichnet Praktiken, die stark auf neuen Technologien basieren und sich durch das konsumptive Teilen von Gütern, Dienstleistungen und Wissen mittels Internet auszeichnen. Wenn die Online-Plattformen der Sharing Economy die Bedürfnisse der Verbraucher besser befriedigen...