Lehmann

Copyright in the Music Industry Lehmann

Master's Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Law - Comparative Legal Systems, Comparative Law, grade: 53(60), Université Paul Cézanne Aix - Marseille III, course: European Master in Law and Economics, 37 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: This thesis was accepted as master thesis for the Euopean Master in Law and Economics programme. She was ranked among the 6 best theses and achieved the grade of 53 out of 60 points. Die Arbeit wurde als Master Thesis im euopäischen ERASMUS-MUNDUS Programm European Master in Law and Economics angenommen. Sie wurde als eine der 6 besten mit 53 von 60 Punkten bewertet (bei 93 Teilnehmern). , abstract: Copyright protection in the media and especially in the music industry is a widely discussed topic since several years. In fact new technologies based on Internet changed the situation for the classic business model of the music labels dramatically. CDs become more and more superfluous with the advent of digital media and thus the traditional business model producing and selling them. The music industry of course makes these new technologies responsible for their decline in sales while others argue that the new technologies moreover offer great opportunities for the industry to expand their markets. However I will not join the discussion whether online file sharing is responsible for the decline in record sales2. I rather will show that the new technologies being introduced offer great chances for new ways of producing and distribution of music, no matter the impact it has on the old and outdated business models by selling CDs. In my thesis I try to give some insights into the current dilemma, discuss the most appealing proposals advanced by legal and economic scholars and, finally, provide my own suggestions without neglecting the current political circumstances. Therefore I will give some background information of what is actually going on right now in the markets for music in the second chapter. Then I