Copyright Evidence

Welcome to the Copyright Evidence Wiki The open platform that collects evidence about copyright's role in society 909 studies have been fully catalogued

Introduction Copyright Evidence is a digital resource developed by the CREATe Centre at the University of Glasgow. The aim of the Wiki is to construct a complete catalogue of existing empirical evidence relevant to copyright policy in order to inform public debate. The evidence is coded by many categories, including country, industry, funder and research method, offering an in-depth view of existing findings. The codes can be explored using the semantic drilldown function.

Browse by Industry:	Books Broadcasting Education Films All industries Music Photography Software Television
Browse by year:	1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Browse by policy issue:	A. Nature and Scope of exclusive rights This field includes papers that examine policy issues related to the types of works that are eligible for copyright protection and the extent of the protection offered by exclusive rights and moral rights. Among others, the papers included under this category focus on the originality threshold, derivative works, hyperlinking, news aggregation, resale and community norms (including negative space). B. Exceptions This field includes papers that examine policy issues related to whether materials which otherwise are subject to exclusive copyright protection should be available for justifiable use without seeking permission and whether existing exceptions and limitations facilitate creative and scientific progress. Among others, the papers included under this category distinguish exceptions and limitations for the purposes of innovation or public policy, open-ended provisions from closed lists, and commercial and non-commercial uses. C. Mass digitisation/orphan works This field includes papers that examine policy issues related to the process that enable mass digitisation of copyright protected content. Among others, the papers included under this category focus on potential solutions for orphan works and non-use of cultural works, including licensing schemes and extended collective licensing, and the application of copyright in cultural heritage institutions. D. Licensing and Business models This field includes papers that examine policy issues related to strategies and licensing solutions in the exploitation of copyright protected materials, and how legal markets attempt to match production to consumption. Among others, the papers included under this category examine collecting societies, metadata, copyright exchanges and hubs, windowing, crossborder access, open access/open science and end-user licensing. E. Fair remuneration This field includes papers that examine policy issues related to creators’ or rightholders’ earnings. Among others, the papers included under this category focus on the sources of artistic income, royalty flows, contracts, levies and sales displacement. F. Enforcement This field includes papers that examine policy issues related to the optimal way to enforce the private right of copyright. Among others, the papers included under this category focus on quantifying infringement, motivations for infringement, technological measures of protection, intermediary liability, graduated responses, notice and takedowns, criminal sanctions, litigation and court data.
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Editorial Board Prof. Martin Kretschmer (chair), University of Glasgow Assoc. Prof. Kristofer Erickson (co-chair), University of Leeds Dr Amy Thomas (managing editor), University of Glasgow Dr Kenneth Barr, University of Glasgow Prof. Giorgio Fazio, Newcastle University Assoc. Pro. Heather Ford, UTS, Sydney Prof. Rebecca Giblin, University of Melbourne Prof. Paul Heald, University of Illinois Prof. Thomas Margoni, KU Leuven & CREATe Bartolomeo Meletti, Learning on Screen & CREATe Assoc. Prof. Joost Poort, University of Amsterdam Fred Saunderson, National Library of Scotland Prof. Ruth Towse, Bournemouth University & CREATe More information can be found on the About page and in the FAQs.

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The Copyright Evidence Wiki: Empirical Evidence for Copyright Policy. CREATe Centre: University of Glasgow (http://CopyrightEvidence.org)

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If referring to the earlier version archived with GitHub [1] in January 2018, we suggest that the resource is cited in the following way: Koutmeridis, T., Erickson, K. & Kretschmer, M. (eds.) (2014-2017) The Copyright Evidence Wiki: Empirical Evidence for Copyright Policy.

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