The future of e-books in 2017
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Bauke Fahner
XinYu Jiang
Bas Sluismans
Sanna Tauriainen
Raymond de Vos
Introduction
Introductionary story on the topic discussed
Team Composition
Research Questions
In our research we have identified 5 different categories, namely:
- History (Xin Yu)
- Economic Perspective/Value (Raymond)
- General Information (Raymond/Sanna)
- Prospective usage of books (Bas)
- Law, Legislation and Stakeholders (Bauke)
See the research questions section for the actual questions and answers.
Driving Forces
Based on the PEST theory
Political
- Authors rights and personality rights changes
- Members of WIPO decide to leave
- Importance of learning increases over protection
Economic
Social
- Literacy rates increase worldwide
- Escalation of plagiarism accusation
Technological
- Development of e-book readers
- New features compared to printed books
- Copyrights of digitised books become untrackable