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For some odd reasons, it seems that many good IP titles are being released at a time of  the year when - at least in the Northern hemisphere - the attention for anything that relates to IP is increasingly and acutely replaced by a  slightly  stronger interest for holidays, sunshine, and the outdoors. This has been also the fate of the following excellent titles: The much-awaited second edition of  Concise European Copyright Law , edited by Thomas Dreier and Bernt Hugenholtz (Kluwer:2016) Despite the pretty appearance and title that might induce you into thinking that this is just concise overview of EU copyright law, be reassured that it's not  [and not just because the tome exceeds 700 pages] .  I first encountered this book (at that time in its first edition) as a student. It was hiding on a library shelf, pressed in between much heavier  [in every sense]  and thicker copyright books. The fame of the editors prompted me ...