Licensing and Access to Content in the European Union
Licensing and Access to Content in the European Union
Copyright is territorial, but the same cannot be said of the internet, whose borderless nature has changed the way we consume copyright-protected material. Nevertheless, territorial segmentation of online content remains a reality in the 28 member states of the European Union. Licensing and access practices do not reflect this digital reality, in which end-users demand ubiquitous access to content. For this reason, the territorial nature of copyright and traditional business models based on national exploitation prevent the completion of the Digital Single Market. Sebastian Felix Schwemer provides a unique analysis of the dynamic licensing and access arrangements for audiovisual works and music and shows how they are being addressed by sector regulation and competition law in the Digital Single Market. His analysis, which includes case law of the Court of Justice, the Commission's competition proceedings, and various legislative tools, reveals the overlapping nature of legislative and non-legislative regulatory solutions.
- Provides a comprehensive in-depth investigation of the conflict between territorial exploitation and the borderless nature of the Internet in the context of the Digital Single Market and the most recent regulatory developments
- Investigates the regulation of two topical and rapidly expanding online markets, namely of audiovisual and musical works, and how the markets encompass collective management, geo-blocking and portability
- Offers a highly valuable overview of extremely complicated, complex and dynamic issues both readers familiar and readers less-familiar with the subject matter will gain insights from the book
Reviews & endorsements
'This book will appeal to anyone interested in the development of EU copyright policy, EU cross-border copyright licensing and access to copyright works, and in particular those with an interest in music and audio-visual works … it also offers practical solutions that would also be of interest to policy makers, regulators, practitioners and copyright holders.' Hayleigh Bosher, The IPKat (https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/)
'Until now it has been a great challenge to have an accurate overview of the applicable law in this area. That will be remedied by this book. It gives a very special educational, easy to read and useful overview of the area, which of course will be of great value to anyone dealing with this area practically. Also on a more theoretical level, the book is valuable because of its independent reflections and forensic analyses. There is no doubt the book will be of great value to anyone who deals with this subject at EU level.' Morten Rosenmeier, UfR Online
Product details
June 2022Paperback
9781108468893
305 pages
228 × 151 × 17 mm
0.45kg
7 b/w illus. 1 table
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- List of figures and tables
- Table of statutes
- Table of cases
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Market and economics context
- 3. Licensing and access from a competition law perspective
- 4. Multi-territorial licensing from a legislative perspective
- 5. Cross-border access from a legislative perspective
- 6. The regulatory system: challenges and solutions
- References
- Index.
