Economics and copyright reform: aspects of the EC Directive

Economists are frequently involved in quantitative research (ex ante and ex post) on policy changes and it should be possible to apply this competence to copyright reform. However, aspects of the EU Directive, such as technological protection measures and digital rights management, present severe challenges to empirical economic evaluation.

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