Copyright Reconstructed: Rethinking Copyright’s Economic Rights in a Time of Highly Dynamic Technological and Economic Change Edited by P. Bernt Hugenholtz Information Law Series, Vol. 41, Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer ISBN 978-90-411-9103-8, 338 + XX pages. The historical evolution of copyright has led to a growing disconnect between the legal definitions of economic rights… Continue reading New book in Information Law Series: Copyright Reconstructed

Copyright Reconstructed: Rethinking Copyright’s Economic Rights in a Time of Highly Dynamic Technological and Economic Change Edited by P. Bernt Hugenholtz Information Law Series, Vol. 41, Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer ISBN 978-90-411-9103-8, 338 + XX pages. The historical evolution of copyright has led to a growing disconnect between the legal definitions of economic rights… Continue reading New book in Information Law Series: Copyright Reconstructed

Studies and journal articles: M. van Eechoud, Linkbelasting en uploadfilters: Europees auteursrecht gaat op de schop, Interview at Tweakers.net, 8 September 2018; L. Bently, M. Kretschmer, Strengthening the Position of Press Publishers and Authors and Performers in the Copyright Directive, September 2017: PE 596.810; M. van Eechoud, A publisher’s intellectual property right: Implications for freedom of… Continue reading Further Academic Publications on the Proposed Press Publishers’ Rights

Academics launch final appeal to European Parliament Academics from all over Europe give a final warning against the ill-conceived plans for the introduction of a new intellectual property right in news. All MEPs were sent this statement: On September 12th you will vote on the proposal to create a new exclusive right for publishers, as… Continue reading Academics Against Press Publishers’ Right