Copyright Protection of Graffiti Art in Brazil: The Limitation of a Copyright Limitation?

The optimal level of copyright protection

We specify the optimal level of copyright protection for an individual producer and the society as a whole. For an individual producer, the optimal level is (i) no protection, (ii) the level under which the producer’s overall profit net of the development cost is zero, or (iii) full protection. The optimal level for the society, on the other hand, critically depends on the distribution of firms...

The optimal level of technical copyright protection

Copyright Protection for Intellectual Property

Intellectual property takes several forms, the most important of which are patents, copyrights, and trade rights. Patents protect inventions. One can patent methods and processes, new varieties of plants, and (more weakly) designs. The VSI alliance proposed the usage of the three approaches for proper protection of IP designs. The detection approach directly interacts with the VLSI design, and ...

Copyright Protection and Cultural Heritage

This paper explores the tensions between universal access to cultural heritage online and the varying copyright and other issues that may impinge on this apparent utopia. In particular, we argue for multiple routes to accessing information to avoid monopolistic or commercial dominance of the field. As largely altruistic institutions, cultural organizations should ensure the issues are discussed...

Digital watermarks for copyright protection

It is feared that the ease with which digital media can be copied will lead to a proliferation of copyright infringement. One proposed technical solution is digital watermarking, which embeds a hidden signal into host data that can be used in a variety of protocols that attempt to either prevent or deter copyright infringement. In this paper, we give a brief overview of digital watermarking and...