Copyright as a Service: How Does the Development of the Music Business Determine the Shape of Copyright?

Abstract

The process and the development of new technologies have brought about several changes in the domestic (international and European) copyright legal system. Copyright itself from the beginning was a reflection of the possible ways of works exploitation. However, with the impetus of new business models it is starting to not answer to the more and more basic questions about the permitted and not allowed use of a work. The proposed paper introduces the topic of a (new) perspective of copyright law, which may (or may not) be considered in the event of a (European) discussion about future legislation in this area.

Keywords: copyright, musical works, new technologies