Copyright Contract in the Netherlands in Europe In light of the difficulty of many authors to derive a decent income from the exploitation of their works, policy makers in the field of copyright may decide to intervene and recalibrate the power relations between authors and publishers. […]
Data Mining in Europe Data Mining and Crawling Data Crawling or Mining may be defined as the act of collecting different forms of information from the public Internet in an automatic fashion (i.e. through bots) which is then stored and processed in different ways. It is necessary that […]
Copyright Licensing in Europe Types of licences Τhis is the most important exploitation and dissemination instrument for copyright law. It is essentially a set of permissions covering the rights that the right-holder/licensor wishes to grant to the licensee. In some cases, licences are […]
Copyright Contract in Germany in Europe In light of the difficulty of many authors to derive a decent income from the exploitation of their works, policy makers in the field of copyright may decide to intervene and recalibrate the power relations between authors and publishers. Seeking to […]
Public Sector Information (PSI) in Europe Introduction to the Public Sector Information PSI (acronym for Public Sector Information) can be defined as the wide range of information that public sector bodies collect, produce, reproduce and disseminate in many areas of activity while […]
Copyright in Europe Definition of Copyright The exclusive right of printing or otherwise multiplying copies of a published literary work, that is, the right of preventing all others from doing so. The infringement of this right is called piracy. Historically, for example, the Copyright Act, […]
Internet Copyright Law in Europe Government or Crown Copyright In Canada, the Canadian crown copyright, which provided that the government retains the copyright associated with any work that is prepared or published by or under its direction, created an enormous and unconscionable […]