International Dateline -- German Copyright Developments Worry Publishers

Publishers, artists, and copyright enforcement

This paper investigates whether and to what extent there is a conflict of interest between artists and their publishers, regarding to whether and to what degree illegal distributions of their copyrighted recordings should be prevented. This conflict arises because artists also earn their profit from other market activities such as giving live performances, in addition to their share of profits ...

Architectural Copyright: Recent Developments

The German Academic Publishers Project - Gap

German Academic Publishers (GAP, www.gap-c.de) is a project funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Science Foundation, www.dfg.de) for the purpose of creating a new model for academic publishing. Activities commenced in December 2001 and funding is secure for two years; a follow-up proposal requesting an extension of funding for additional developments and integration will b...

International Study on Copyright and Digital Preservation

The International Study on the Impact of Copyright Law on Digital Preservation reviewed digital preservation activities and the current state of copyright and related laws and their impact on digital preservation in Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. In many cases, digital works are not being preserved in any systematic way, in part because digital preservatio...

Conservation and sustainable exploitation of plant genetic rsources: International developments

Plant Genetic Resources (PGRs) are one of the most valuable natural resources of anycountry. Biotechnology through genetic engineering of plants and the creation of new plantvarieties can increase the value of these resources. Different technical and legalmechanisms such as ex situ/in situ collection of PGRs, and Intellectual Property Rights(IPRs...