This report provides an introduction to the Polish law of tenancy and a brief analysis of the changes this field of law has experienced in recent years. The last decade has witnessed comprehensive law reform in Poland, particularly in the ambit of civil law and civil procedure, primarily to...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss what the principles of European IP enforcement are, where they can be found and what their role is in the legal system. This last point also includes a venture into how the principles should be balanced. These core principles of European IP enforcement can...

This paper examines fair-dealing and fair-use copyright exceptions in terms of their economic properties. A particular question in the United Kingdom is whether there would be economic advantages, in terms of promoting economic growth through the encouragement of innovative creative work, from...

The paper demonstrates the economic consequences of a new EU directive that introduces resale rights in all member states. The lifetime income of young, unknwon artists is likely to shrink, despite the intention of the EU to increase their income. Even if the lifetime income were increasing, the...

According to a new European Union directive, artists, whose works are resold, are entitled to a share of the sales price. The principal aim of this initiative is to let the artists participate in the economic success of their work. Our analysis shows that the new directive is most likely to...

By a proposal to introduce a harmonized "droit de suite", the European Comission intends to improve the economic situation of young artists. A simple price theoretical argument shows that this goal is not likely to be reached. In addition to this, the paper analyzes the efficiency of a legal...

Artists in the United States who sell their works without contractually reserving any rights in the same currently enjoy only limited rights under federal copyright laws to exercise continuing control over such works. The author assesses the shortcomings of copyright protection in comparison...

There is a puzzle arising from empirical analyses of the impact of music piracy that this has caused declines in music revenue without a consequential decline, and perhaps even an increase, in the entry of artists and the supply of high quality music. There have been numerous explanations...

It is argued that human capital theory applies only weakly to artists' decisions about investment in schooling and training and about occupational choice. However, the same can be said about the sorting model. What is lacking in cultural economics is an understanding of talent and creativity,...

Objectives: Artists and performers are generally incentivised by the ownership of their work. Their income is generated based on the related rights and neighbouring rights. However, the economics of the copyright studies has excluded the most essential link between artists and their source of...