Business models for digital goods in the face of the ‘culture of free’?

Piracy of digital goods is an issue that we have already addressed many times on this blog. Here is …

‘Parody’ becomes a concept of EU law: something to applaud or to fear?

After the September 3, 2014 decision of the Court of Justice of the EU in Deckmyn v. Vandersteen,  the …

When solving copyright cases requires to balance fundamental rights

Copyright cases until recently were mainly decided with reference to the rules contained in the statutes (the relevant Copyright …

Media Ecosystems: Economic issues and policy implications

This is the fourth and last post of a series on Media Ecosystems. The first post draws the outline of the …

Media Ecosystems: A definition

This is the third post of a series on Media Ecosystems. The first post draws the outline of the series, while …

Media Ecosystems: advertising and publishing protocols

This is the second post of a series on Media Ecosystems. The first post draws the outline of the …

Media Ecosystems: Introduction

The economic theory introduces property rights as an institution aimed at internalising actions that are beneficial to society (Demsetz, …

IPdigIT revient sur l’affaire ReDigi: adapter la technologie pour éviter l’interdit du droit

Dans un billet d’avril 2013 (ici) consacré à la revente de fichiers numériques de ‘seconde main’ sur ReDigi, IPdigIT …

No need to ask for authorization before hyperlinking, but…what did the EU Court of Justice mean in Svensson?

In a previous post (see here), I had asked to anticipate the response of the Court of Justice of …

Blocage et filtrage sur internet: analyse de la situation actuelle

La problématique du blocage de sites internet et du filtrage de fichiers a connu d’importants développements jurisprudentiels récents. Il …