Search for dissertations about: "COPYRIGHT LAW"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words COPYRIGHT LAW.

2. 1. Realizing the Single Software Market : Cross-National Validity of Software License Agreements

   Author : Jan Leidö; Johan Lindholm; Tom Madell; Lee Andrew Bygrave; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; IT law; comparative law; United States law; German law; contract law; copyright law; competition law; data privacy law; private lawmaking; software license agreements; cross-national validity; single software market; Law; juridik;

   Abstract : The Internet has revolutionized the software industry, one of the world’s largest businesses. A single software market is emerging, independent of national borders, where products and services are digitally distributed. READ MORE

4. 2. Copyright in the Age of Access to Legal Digital Content : A study of EU copyright law in the context of consumptive use of protected content

   Author : Kacper F. Szkalej; Sanna Wolk; Maria Bergström; Johan Axhamn; Marcus Norrgård; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; copyright; intellectual property; EU law; law and technology; DRM; consumer protection law; Civil Law; Civilrätt; Europarätt; European Integration Law;

   Abstract : In a world where copyright is being infringed in a plethora of ways, consumers find it difficult to access legal digital content. Therefore, this thesis investigates how copyright law governs access to legal content in the digital environment in respect of so-called consumptive use. READ MORE

5. 3. Fixing the Shadows – Access to Art and the Legal Concept of the Cultural Commons

   Author : Merima Bruncevic; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; legal philosophy; cultural commons; intellectual property law; copyright; Gilles Deleuze; Félix Guattari; access to art; access to knowledge;

   Abstract : Fixing the Shadows: Access to Art and the Legal Concept of Cultural Commons studies access to art as knowledge, and the role law plays in facilitating access. The research project discusses how to advance and strengthen access to art and create legal pathways that facilitate communication, access to and sharing of art as knowledge. READ MORE

6. 4. Digital Rights Management - the New Copyright

   Author : Kristoffer Schollin; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Copyright; IT-law; Intellectual property; Digital rights management; DRM; TPM;

   Abstract : DRM – DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT is a wide term that covers many forms of technological schemes for controlling access, use and distribution of creative works – from the blunt and static restrictions on copy-protected Compact Discs to the sophisticated and fluid usage-rules in online music- and movie-stores such as iTunes. DRM technologies have been created and designed in response to a social development where global, digital networks are putting serious pressure on traditional distribution channels. READ MORE

7. 5. Authors and Creative Users : Addressing the Conceptual Challenges of Digital Creativity to EU Copyright Law from the Perspective of the Author

   Author : Aurelija Lukoseviciene; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Copyright Law; Concept of Author; Authorship; EU copyright law; Right of Reproduction; Originality; Wikipedia; Internet Memes; Upphovsrätt; Immaterialrätt; EU-rätt;

   Abstract : To be an “author” might mean many different things, depending on the context in which the word is used. This thesis explores the EU copyright’s concept of author and how it relates to the everyday digital creativity on the Internet. READ MORE