Research Question: How are television formats traded in the absence of protection under copyright law? Why pay when you can copy for free? Methodology: Three Steps- 1. Creation and analysis of database of 59 reported format disputes between 1988 and 2008. 2. Semi-structured interviews with media sellers / buyers at 3 international TV trade fairs… Read more » about Exploitation of TV Formats
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M. Favale and A. Plomer – Fundamental Disjunctions in the EU Legal Order on Human Tissue
Marcella Favale and Aurora Plomer, “Fundamental Disjunctions in the EU Legal Order on Human Tissue, Cells & Advanced Regenerative Therapies”, Maastricht J. Eur. & Comp. L., 2009, 16-89
Joint Academic Statement on the Proposed Copyright Term Extension For Sound Recordings
Martin Kretschmer, “Creativity Stifled? A Joint Academic Statement on the Proposed Copyright Term Extension For Sound Recordings”, European Intellectual Property Review, vol. 30 (2008, 341-374) Urges the European Commission to withdraw the proposal to increase the duration of copyright protection for recorded music to 95 years. Discusses whether a longer term of protection will benefit… Read more » about Joint Academic Statement on the Proposed Copyright Term Extension For Sound Recordings
The Proposed Copyright Term Extension for Sound Recordings
Symposium 2008
M. Favale – Fine-tuning European copyright law to strike a balance between the rights of owners and users
Marcella Favale – “Fine-tuning European copyright law to strike a balance between the rights of owners and users”, European Law Review, 2008, 33 (5), 687-708