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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. The Inception of an Idea II. Structure of the Study III. Methodology and Terminology IV. The Thesis PART 1 CHAPTER 1: INFORMATION I. Introductory Remarks II. Theoretical Approaches to Conceptual Analysis of Information III. Information as-a-Process IV. The Model V. Application of the Model to Copyright Law VI. Conclusion CHAPTER 2: PROPERTY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS I. Introduction II. The Hohfeldian Model of Jural Relations III. Private Property IV. Intellectual Property V. Conclusion CHAPTER 3: ACCESS I. Introduction II. Access to Information Revisited III. The Access-Right and Rights-of-Access IV. Technological Protections Measures V. Conclusion PART 2 CHAPTER 4: THE DIGITAL REPRODUCTION RIGHT I. Introduction II. Some Technical Aspects III. International Copyright Law and Digital Reproduction IV. Digital Reproduction in U.S. Law V. Digital Reproduction in Europe VI. The Digital Reproduction Right as Access-Right CHAPTER 5: THE DIGITAL COMMUNICATION RIGHT I. Introduction II. Communication Rights in the Berne Convention II. Early Deliberations in the United States and Europe III. The WCT and its "Umbrella Solution" IV. Communication to the Public in the EUCD V. The Communication Right as Access-Right CHAPTER 6: ANTICIRCUMVENTION LAWS I. Introduction II. External Anticircumvention Laws III. The Inception of Copyright Anticircumvention Laws IV. Anticircumvention in the 1996 WIPO Treaties V. Anticircumvention Law in the United States VI. Article 6 of the E.U. Information Society Directive VII. Implementation in Germany VIII. Anticircumvention Law as Access-Right PART 3 CHAPTER 7: THE PRESENT I. Introduction II. The Arguments III. Approaches Addressing Overprotection IV. Neo-Conservatism or Reformism? CHAPTER 8: THE FUTURE I. Introduction II. Three Preliminary Distinctions III. The Access-Right Regime IV. The Exemptions V. International Aspects VI. Access-Based Regulation as a Balancing Instrument VII. Conclusion BIBLIOGRAPHY TABLE OF REFERENCES TABLE OF CASES INDEX