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Intellectual Property and Competition Law

Copyright Law on Blockchains: Between New Forms of Rights Administration and Digital Rights Management 2.0

Finck, MicheleCopyright Law on Blockchains: Between New Forms of Rights Administration and Digital Rights Management 2.0 IIC 50, 1 (2019), 77 - 108 (together with Valentina Moscon).

This article examines the potential and limitations of blockchain technology and blockchain-based smart contracts in relation to copyright. Copyright has long been enforced through technological means, specifically Digital Rights Management. With the emergence of blockchains, many are now predicting a new era regarding the administration and enforcement of copyright through computer code. The article introduces the technology and related potential and limitations while stressing its capacity to act as a form of normative ordering that can express public or private objectives.

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