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Copyright Reconstructed: Rethinking Copyright’s Economic Rights in a Time of Highly Dynamic Technological and Economic Change Edited by P. Bernt Hugenholtz Information Law Series, Vol. 41, Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer ISBN 978-90-411-9103-8, 338 + XX pages. The historical evolution of copyright has led to a growing disconnect between the legal definitions of economic rights… Continue reading New book in Information Law Series: Copyright Reconstructed

Studies and journal articles: M. van Eechoud, Linkbelasting en uploadfilters: Europees auteursrecht gaat op de schop, Interview at Tweakers.net, 8 September 2018; L. Bently, M. Kretschmer, Strengthening the Position of Press Publishers and Authors and Performers in the Copyright Directive, September 2017: PE 596.810; M. van Eechoud, A publisher’s intellectual property right: Implications for freedom of… Continue reading Further Academic Publications on the Proposed Press Publishers’ Rights

Academics launch final appeal to European Parliament Academics from all over Europe give a final warning against the ill-conceived plans for the introduction of a new intellectual property right in news. All MEPs were sent this statement: On September 12th you will vote on the proposal to create a new exclusive right for publishers, as… Continue reading Academics Against Press Publishers’ Right

Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius was quoted in media reports about Cambridge Analytica and online political microtargeting. Such microtargeting involves monitoring people’s online behaviour, and using the collected data, sometimes enriched with other data, to show people targeted political advertisements. In Dutch, for NRC Handelsblad: De advertentie weet precies wie je bent; In Dutch, for De Volkskrant: De… Continue reading Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius in the news about Cambridge Analytica and online political microtargeting