Research articles on Intellectual Property Rights

Uploaders' perceptions of the German implementation of the EU copyright reform and their preferences for copyright regulation

Steliyana Doseva, Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation
Hannah Schmid-Petri, University of Passau
Jan Schillmöller, Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation
Dirk Heckmann, Technical University of Munich
PUBLISHED ON: 14 Dec 2022 DOI: 10.14763/2022.4.1674

While the upload filters introduced by the EU copyright reform are being transposed into national law, this study examines how uploaders perceive copyright regulation and what further demands they have.

Back up: can users sue platforms to reinstate deleted content?

Matthias C. Kettemann, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut
Anna Sophia Tiedeke, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut
PUBLISHED ON: 04 Jun 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.2.1484

Can platforms delete whatever content they want? Not everywhere, say the authors of this paper, which shows why certain social networks ‘must carry’ some content – and how users in some jurisdictions can force the companies to allow them into their communicative space.

Knocking on Heaven’s Door: User preferences on digital cultural distribution

Joan-Josep Vallbé, University of Barcelona
Balázs Bodó, University of Amsterdam
João P. Quintais, University of Amsterdam
Christian W. Handke, Erasmus University Rotterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 18 Jun 2019 DOI: 10.14763/2019.2.1404

This paper explores the social, demographic and attitudinal basis of consumer support for a Copyright Compensation System (CCS), which, for a small monthly fee would legalise currently infringing online social practices such as private copying from illegal sources and online sharing of copyrighted works.

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