[Dongmin Kong, Chen Lin, Lai Wei, and Jian Zhang] Abstract: This paper identifies information accessibility as a determinant of corporate innovation. Using a sudden termination of Google’s web search services in China, we find a large and persistent negative effect on the intensity and quality of corporate innovative activities.
[Teresa Nobre] ... Germany proposes to mitigate the negative effects of art. 13 by 1) exempting platforms with a turnover of up to 20 Mio. Euros per year from the obligations imposed by art. 13., 2) exempting platforms from liability in certain situations (e.g. if they made best efforts to obtain an authorization from the rightsholders), and 3) introducing a mandatory EU-wide user-generated content exception to copyright, subject to the payment of a fair remuneration to the rightsholders.