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Alternative Compensation Systems for Digital Copyright

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Ruth Towse was invited to present a paper to a high-level symposium on alternative modes of regulating large-scale non-commercial online uses of copyrighted works, organized by the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam, on 11 July 2015. Professor Towse’s speech in the Economic panel “alternatives to the current modes of financing… Read more » about Alternative Compensation Systems for Digital Copyright

Workshop: Music Publishing, copyright and business models

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One-day Workshop Thursday 4 June 2015 Music publishing is an old established industry that has adapted to successive technological and institutional changes, especially to copyright law, by adopting different strategies and business models. The workshop explores how music publishing has evolved in the long run, and what historical and economic factors can explain its adaptations… Read more » about Workshop: Music Publishing, copyright and business models

What’s wrong with copying? Roundtable on the foundations of copyright law

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Friday 22 May 2015, 16:00-18:00 – Executive Business Centre, room EB 302 Abraham Drassinower (University of Toronto) presents and discusses his book What’s Wrong with Copying? (Harvard University Press, 2015) Discussants:  Jose Bellido, Maurizio Borghi, Martin Kretschmer and Luke McDonagh Copyright law, as conventionally understood, serves the public interest by regulating the production and dissemination… Read more » about What’s wrong with copying? Roundtable on the foundations of copyright law

Jennifer Davis: “The problem with the average consumer in European trade mark law”

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Public Lectures Series 2015 Thursday 19 March, from 6 pm in EB306 The talk will consider the problem of identifying the average consumer in EU trade mark law.  It will suggest that his or her position in case law relating to both distinctiveness and confusion is increasingly uncertain and that explanations for this uncertainty might… Read more » about Jennifer Davis: “The problem with the average consumer in European trade mark law”