Originally posted Nov 29, updated Dec 5, 2016 A Copyright Amendment Bill will be tabled in Parliament by the South African government proposing to reform the current system of copyright law in the country to include a “fair use” clause…
Christophe Geiger, Oleksandr Bulayenko and Giancarlo Frosio Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies, Link Summary: Among its key features, the European Commission’s planned copyright reform proposes to introduce in EU copyright law neighbouring rights for press publishers.[1] This proposal is…
Author: Stephanie Holmes Didwania Abstract: This paper uses data from an online database of music sampling to estimate the effect of copyright protection on the cumulative use of music. Using a unique panel dataset that links upstream and downstream music,…