Supplying and Reselling Digital Content

Digital Exhaustion in EU Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law

西蒙·Geiregat, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), Ghent University, Belgium

Analysing the transferability of digital content, this book offers a comprehensive and critical evaluation of digital distribution and ownership in digital content within the EU. The analysis builds on the debate surrounding ‘digital exhaustion’ and is focused around three generations of supply of digital content: hardcopy sales, downloads and online access.

‘Simon Geiregat’s in-depth, sectorial analysis brings fresh air to the research of the offline and online operation of the exhaustion doctrine. It critically evaluates and effectively rebuilds the doctrine for the 21st century. Highly recommended!’
– Peter Mezei, University of Szeged, Hungary and University of Turku, Finland