TY  - GEN
T1  - The EC Commission's copyright harmonisation programme :an overview /
AU  - Sterling, J. A. L.,
AU  - Brownsword, Roger.
AU  - Beyleveld, Deryck.
AU  - Stewart, Stephen.
N1  - Price : 5.00; Supplier : The Intellectual Property Institute, London; Recd 18/04/97; Summary : 1. Preliminary : a) Economic importance of copyright; b) The Commission's harmonisation programme; 2. The harmonisation programme : achievements to date; a) Directives : (1) Legal protection of computer programs; (2) Rental and lending rights, and related rights; b) Proposed directives : (1) Satellite broadcasting and cable re-transmission; (2) Term of protection; (3) Protection of databases; 3. Effects of harmonisation : (1) On U.K. legislation; (2) On countries entering relationships with the Community; (3) On other countries; (4) On the Berne Convention and proposed Protocol, and other Conventions and Agreements; 4. Summary : 1. Main features of the harmonisation programme : A. Content : (1) Harmonisation of existing provisions; (2) Filling of gaps; (3) Introduction of new rights; B. Scope : (1) Community pre-emption; (2) Comparison with Berne Convention (1971 text); 2. Current issues : (1) Originality; (2) National treatment and reciprocity; (3) Electronic delivery; (4) Standardisation; (5) Parallel imports; (6) Collective licensing; 3. Future prospects : (1) European copyright law; (2) Enforcement; (3) The new environments in reproduction and communication : (a) the digital format; (b) the breakdown of distinctions between the types of communication; (c) the status of material included in computer networks; (4) The new pattern of representation to the legislator;.
N1  - An address given at the Common Law Institute of Intellectual Property, 16 Sep 1993.
ID  - 21377
KW  - Patent laws and legislation
KW  - Mice
KW  - Animal genetic engineering
KW  - Animal welfare
KW  - Law enforcement.
KW  - Prisons.
KW  - Copyright
KW  - Information science.
KW  - Intellectual property
KW  - COPYRIGHT : EUROPEAN COMMUNITY : HARMONISATION PROGRAMME
SN  - 1874001138
TI  - The EC Commission's copyright harmonisation programme :an overview /
ER  -