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The recognition of property rights in intangible intellectual creations and the protection of these rights through the mechanisms of copyright, patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and related rights has led to the acceptance of Intellectual property rights as highly valuable business...
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In this paper, we investigate the impact of economic incentives on the international supply of big-screen movies. More particularly, we also study the impact of a 1998 increase in the term of copyright on U.S. movie production
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In this paper, we investigate the impact of economic incentives on the international supply of big-screen movies. More particularly, we also study the impact of a 1998 increase in the term of copyright on U.S. movie production
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This chapter argues that the international copyright system, which is now embedded in the international trading system as a consequence of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement), has operated at least in relation to...
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Modern copyright law is based upon a theory: increase copyright protection and you increase the number of creative works available to society. This theory has been the driving force behind an economic vision that has expanded, beyond all recognition, the original law created by the Statute of...
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The Copyright Act grants authors and users a set of entitlements in copyrightable works. It is questionable whether and to what extent authors and users can reallocate these rights by entering into legally enforceable contracts. The Seventh Circuit’s historic decision in ProCD, Inc v...
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, and music. Although their primary purpose is to encourage creativity, systematic evidence on the causal effects of …, new works are exceptionally well-documented, offering unique opportunities to observe changes in creativity. Difference …
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