Projects
Exhaustion of copyright in a digital environment: An analysis of the disposition capabilities of the first purchaser of a copyright protected digital work, particularly from the consumer’s perspective. Ghent University
Only authors have the right to distribute works or copies. However, after the first transfer of ownership, this right to control that copy’s further distribution is “exhausted”. Regarding material copies, issues are cleared. Yet, how does exhaustion apply to digital copies? Can buyers freely dispose of purchased eBooks or MP3 files, like they can dispose of real books or CDs?
Simultaneous Interaction Spaces Hasselt University
SF6 compressor for Pelletron accelerator in the Ion and Molecular Beam Lab KU Leuven
Sabbatical - Prof. Demeyer University of Antwerp
Reconstructing Holocene geoecohydrological floodplain dynamics in NE Belgium KU Leuven
For millennia, river floodplains have been appealing environments for people, providing fresh water, fertile soil and flat terrain. At first, the low intensity practices of hunting, gathering, farming, and herding caused only intermediate disturbances, but the emergence of agricultural societies brought about significant changes to the landscape. The clearance of forests for agricultural purposes exposed soils, leading to a rise in soil ...
Private enforcement of environmentally sustainable conduct KU Leuven
There is a broad consensus on the importance of a sustainable environment. To preserve and promote a sustainable environment, it is necessary to have sufficient enforcement of environmentally sustainable conduct. Public enforcement – as the traditional guardian of this sustainable conduct – has different, often intrinsic flaws and limits, which include budgetary constraints. Therefore, private enforcement through liability law sensu lato ...
Diversification of funeral preferences from a moral and sociocultural perspective. University of Antwerp
Comparison of the principles and regulatory regimes of biodiversity protection in the European Union and South America. Ghent University
The objective of this research is to studythe evolution and the actual European biological diversity legislation and compare this legislation and its extensive case law with the biological diversity legislation and case law in two South American countries: Colombia and Peru. Focus is on: 1. a "healthy environment" and the duty of nature conservation 2. "protected areas" legislation and in particular their relationship with environmental ...