The open-source software operating system Linux is a free-of-charge substitute to proprietary systems like Microsoft Windows. By using a cross-country data set, this paper finds evidence that increased piracy of proprietary software has a negative impact on adoption of desktop versions of Linux....

In kürzester Zeit hat sich das E-Business zu einem festen Marktbestandteil entwickelt. Es verändert die Unternehmenslandschaft im ganzen und hat zugleich Auswirkungen auf die verschiedenen betrieblichen Bereiche in Unternehmen. Führende Fachvertreter aus Europa und den USA liefern in diesem...

Universal City Studios v. Sony Corporation of America (the “Sony case”) is well recognized by the copyright bar as a landmark of indirect copyright liability. While copyright holders cried doom for the advent of a new communications technology, namely Betamax Video Tape Recorder (“VTR”),...

Intellectual property is regarded to be the digital economy's hot issue. It ranges from theoretical arguments to own information concerning everyday life relating to the foundation of internet geography. The current study deals with the impact of the digital economy on intellectual property law...