In “Region Codes and the Territorial Mess,” Peter Yu presents a case study of the rising trend of private ordering of intellectual property rights through technological means. The article marries a compelling description of the power of crude, yet effective, technological self-help with a...

The objective of this White Paper (initially released in August 2003 and updated in January 2005) is to provide a foundation for evaluating key questions facing the different stakeholders in the contentious debate over the future of digital media. It explores issues surrounding the current...

This Supplement to the Berkman Center's foundational White Paper, Copyright and Digital Media in a Post-Napster World, focuses on international legal issues of the transition to digitized media. The Supplement considers developments regarding copyright and related rights in Europe and...

The EU Copyright Directive (EUCD) entered into force on June 22, 2001. The directive is aimed at harmonizing the divergent European copyright regimes and at transposing the WIPO treaties. EU member states were granted 18 months to transpose the provisions of the EUCD into their national laws....