L4D Learning for Democracy

" The first chapter of the report briefly sums up the main elements of the academic debate around IPR. The second moves to the economic case and analyses its different aspects: weight of copyrighted industries, level of revenues generated for creators, role in business models (old and new) but also its limitations, focusing on the case of patents. The third chapter looks closely the legal strategies of the copyrighted industries. The fourth chapter presents the policies which attempt to deal with the various facets of this complex issue. The fifth section offers conclusion on the changes needed and the balance that must be found between major policy goals."

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements...........................................................................................................................1
Preface .................................................................................................................................................3
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................9
1. Is there anything wrong with IPR?: the academic debate..................................13
1.1 A critical academic literature................................................................................................................ 13
1.2 The shortcomings of the economic case of copyright........................................................... 13
2. The economic debate: contribution to wealth, new business models, and
welfare .................................................................................................................................15
2.1 A positive contribution to the creation of wealth ..................................................................... 15
2.2 Beyond IPR: innovation systems and creative activities ..................................................... 20
2.3 Some limitations of IPR: the case of innovation and patenting....................................... 22
2.4 Creators v. managers of the exploitation rights........................................................................ 23
2.5 The role of copyright in business models ..................................................................................... 26
2.6 Territoriality and the single market: an issue? ........................................................................... 28
3. Legal strategies: obtaining extensions and compensations, limiting
exemptions, mandating liabilities...............................................................................31
3.1 Extensions ....................................................................................................................................................... 31
3.2 Exemptions ..................................................................................................................................................... 32
3.3 Compensations............................................................................................................................................. 37
3.4 Fighting against piracy............................................................................................................................. 38
3.5 Tensions between rights ......................................................................................................................... 41
4. Reviewing the policies.....................................................................................................43
4.1 International law ......................................................................................................................................... 43
4.2 The EU policies.............................................................................................................................................. 45
Conclusions: The waning of copyright in a digital world?...............................................49
References........................................................................................................................................51