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The protection of the investment made in collecting, verifying or presenting database contents is still not harmonised internationally. Some laws over-protect database contents, whilst others under-protect them. This book examines and compares several methods available for the protection of investment in database creation – namely, intellectual property, unfair competition, contract and technological protection measures – in order to find an adequate type and level of protection. To this effect, the author uses criteria based on a combination of the economics of information goods, the human rights to intellectual property and to information, and the public interest, proposing a model that can be adopted at international and national levels.

Databases --- Copyright --- Law and legislation --- Databases - Law and legislation - United States --- Copyright - Databases - United States --- Databases - Law and legislation - European Union countries --- Copyright - Databases - European Union countries --- Droits intellectuels comparés --- Protection des bases de données

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This key textbook examines the financial growth and success of digital assets in the contemporary economy. As digital assets and other blockchain applications mature, and regulatory authorities work hard to keep pace, three leading attorneys in the field invite students to consider the legal frameworks pertinent to regulating this new method of exchange. In this, the first textbook of its kind, the authors explore the growth of smart contracts, the application of securities laws to token sales, the regulation of virtual currency businesses, the taxation of digital assets and the intersection of digital assets and criminal law.

Digital currency --- Blockchains (Databases) --- Law and legislation --- Digital currency - Law and legislation - United States --- Blockchains (Databases) - Law and legislation - United States --- Etats-Unis

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Mark Davison examines several legal models designed to protect databases, considering in particular the EU Directive, the history of its adoption and its transposition into national laws. He compares the Directive with a range of American legislative proposals, as well as the principles of misappropriation that underpin them. In addition, the book also contains a commentary on the appropriateness of the various models in the context of moves for an international agreement on the topic. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners, including those involved with databases and other forms of new media.

Copyright --- Databases --- Data banks --- Data bases --- Databanks --- Database systems --- Computer files --- Electronic information resources --- Literary property --- Property, Literary --- Intangible property --- Intellectual property --- Anti-copyright movement --- Authors and publishers --- Book registration, National --- Patent laws and legislation --- Law and legislation --- Great Britain --- United States --- European Union countries --- Law --- General and Others --- Copyright - Databases - Great Britain --- Databases - Law and legislation - Great Britain --- Databases - Law and legislation - United States --- Databases - Law and legislation - European Union countries --- DROIT INTERNATIONAL --- DROIT DE LA PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE --- BASES DE DONNEES --- PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE --- DROIT EUROPEEN --- DROIT D'AUTEUR

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Databases --- Software --- Computer contracts --- Law and legislation --- -Databases --- -Software --- -34:681.3 <44> --- 347.45 <44> --- Data banks --- Data bases --- Databanks --- Database systems --- Computer files --- Electronic information resources --- Contracts --- -Law and legislation --- -Computer contracts --- Computer software --- 34:681.3 <44> --- Software, Computer --- Computer systems --- Databases - Law and legislation - France --- Software - Law and legislation - France --- Computer contracts - France

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"The growth of blockchain technology presents a number of legal questions for lawyers, regulators and industry participants alike. This book identifies the legal challenges posed by cryptocurrencies, smart contracts and other applications of blockchain, questioning whether these challenges can be addressed within the current legal system, or whether significant changes are required. Chapters assess how blockchain's many applications will affect different areas of law, including contract, criminal, financial and private international law. Contributors analyse how these fields of law may need to adapt to accommodate Blockchain technology, proposing possible solutions and ways forward. Several chapters are based on the Swiss legal framework as it allows market participants the widest freedom to operate in Blockchains and cryptocurrencies. Overall, this...work highlights the importance of creating a regulatory structure that will allow Blockchain technologies to develop, whilst also ensuring they are not abused. The conclusions of this book are however quite reassuring, with contributing authors suggesting that although disruptive, the challenges brought about by the 'blockchain revolution' can, for the most part, be effectively addressed within the law as we know it."

Blockchains (Databases) --- Data encryption (Computer science) --- Electronic funds transfers --- Cryptocurrencies --- Law and legislation --- Commercial law --- Banking law --- Blockchains --- Chiffrement (informatique) --- Monnaie électronique --- Cryptomonnaie --- Marché financier --- Law and legislation. --- Droit. --- Droit --- Blockchains (Databases) - Law and legislation --- Data encryption (Computer science) - Law and legislation --- Electronic funds transfers - Law and legislation --- Cryptocurrencies - Law and legislation --- Monnaie électronique --- Marché financier