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R. Towse – Advanced Introduction to Cultural Economics

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Ruth Towse, Advanced Introduction to Cultural Economics (Edward Elgar Publishing: 2014) Description ‘Ruth Towse presents a fabulous, broad ranging overview of cultural economics. The book is up to the state of knowledge, is easy to read and reveals sound judgment. I highly recommend the book to anyone concerned about the relationship of culture to society… Read more » about R. Towse – Advanced Introduction to Cultural Economics

Online protest: towards a Magna Carta for the Internet

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CIPPM’s Argyro Karanasiou presented her paper Towards a Magna Carta : A right to online protests? at the 10th International conference on Internet, Law and Politics 2014. The paper discusses the free speech argument for treating DDoS attacks online as the digital counterpart of an online sit in. The paper examines the changing face of… Read more » about Online protest: towards a Magna Carta for the Internet

A. Karanasiou – Towards a Magna Charta for the Internet

Posted . Filed under Emergent Technologies, Publications.

A Karanasiou, “Towards a Magna Carta for the Internet: A right to Online Protests?” inBalcells, J., Cerrillo i Martínez, A., Peguera, M., Peña-López, I., Pifarré de Moner, M.J., & Vilasau Solana, M. (coords.) (2014). Internet, Law and Politics. A decade of transformations. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Internet, Law & Politics. Universitat Oberta… Read more » about A. Karanasiou – Towards a Magna Charta for the Internet

Ruth Towse on the Digital Copyright Exchange

Posted . Filed under Creative Industries, UK EU IP Policy.

Could technology override economics in the case of the Digital Copyright Exchange? Economic analysis of collective rights administration has so far strongly supported the natural monopoly case for single national collecting societies for particular bundles of rights protected by territorially based copyright law and the courts have gone along with that view. Digitization in the… Read more » about Ruth Towse on the Digital Copyright Exchange

CIPPM visit to China: opening opportunities for IP research and education

Posted . Filed under Focus areas, Knowledge Exchange.

China has during the past five year experienced explosive development in the Intellectual Property field. The country has implemented its national IP strategy  and its application volume of trade mark, patent and design has ranked NO. 1 in the world for the past four continuous years. The country thus presents a gold mine for IP… Read more » about CIPPM visit to China: opening opportunities for IP research and education