Copyright in the Music Industry by Volker Lehmann

EUROPEAN MASTER IN LAW AND ECONOMICS

MASTER THESIS
wondrous 2005

copyright in the Music Industry
„For whom the bell tolls

By Ass. iur. Volker Lehmann

supervise by Prof. Dr. Pierre Garello Prof. Dr. Ben Depoorter

CONTENTS I. II. Introduction The current dilemma

1. Pirates v. personal line of credit 2. Constraints of Copyright and its Enforcement 3. Uncertainty 4. Summing up III. The Notion of Copyright and its sparing Aspects 1. Basic foundations 2. stinting Rationale of Copyright 3. Major Economic Impacts of Copyright Laws a. Monopoly cost of Copyright aa. Primary Monopoly Costs (DWL) bb.Secondary Monopoly Costs b. Transaction Costs i. Lack of a Central cash register ii. Long Copyright footing c. Résumé IV. Adjustments of flowing Copyright Laws

1. Optimizing Copyright Enforcement 2. Changing the length of copyright a. decision the Optimal Copyright term b. Renewable Copyright Terms c. Concluding Remarks 3. Changing the Scope of Copyright Laws a. Alternative wages Model b. Creative Commons or let the workman decide aa. the licence bb.the code cc. The Registry and the Logo dd.Concluding Remarks V. Towards a no rights reserved

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1. Copyright has little if any sham on the incentives for creating music 2. Concluding remarks VI. VII. Current Copyright Developments Conclusions 1. on the spur of the moment Run 2.



Long Run VIII. IX. X. XI. Afterword References Authorship Declaration Appendix

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OMNIS ENIM RES, QUAE DANDO NON DEFICIT, DUM HABETUR ET NON DATUR, NONDUM HABETUR, QUOMODO HABENDA EST1.
Aurelius Augustinus (354-430)

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Introduction

Copyright protection in the media and especially in the music industry is a widely discussed topic since several years. In feature new technologies based on Internet changed the situation for the simple employment model of the music labels dramatically. CDs become more(prenominal) and more superfluous with the advent of digital media and thus the traditional business model producing and selling them. The music industry of course...If you want to stool a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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