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International copyright law and policy / Silke von Lewinski.
2008
N 35 LEW.I
Available at WIPO Library
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Title
International copyright law and policy / Silke von Lewinski.
Author
Lewinski, Silke Von, author.
Description
lx, 618 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN
9780199207206
0199207208 hardback
0199207208 hardback
Alternate Call Number
N 35 LEW.I
Summary
This work analyses the international treaties ensuring the protection of copyright. It explains the complex legal, economic and political backgrounds of the treaties and their contents, how they inter-relate, and puts them in the context of general policy developments in the field.
Note
This work analyses the international treaties ensuring the protection of copyright. It explains the complex legal, economic and political backgrounds of the treaties and their contents, how they inter-relate, and puts them in the context of general policy developments in the field.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction to international copyright and neighbouring rights law; 2. Historical development of international copyright law; 3. Comparison of the copyright system and the author's rights (Droit d'auteur) System; 4. Overview of the main "Classical" copyright and neighbouring rights conventions before the TRIPS agreement; 5. The Berne convention for the protection of literacy and artistic works (Paris Act 1971); 6. The Rome convention of 1961; 7. New phenomena as a challenge to the interpretation of the Berne and Rome conventions; 8. Consequences of a violation of a treaty and of divergences of interpretation among its member countries; 9. Reasons for the shift towards the trade context; 10. The inclusion of copyright and neighbouring rights in the GATT/WTO; 11. Copyright and neighbouring rights under the NAFTA and other regional agreements; 12. Bilateral treaties, 13. Unilateral trade measures; 14. Overall assessment of the inclusion of copyright and neighbouring rights into the trade framework; 15. Presentation of the WIPO; 16. Dispute settlement draft treaty; 17. The WIPO copyright treaty (WCT) and the WIPO performances and phonograms treaty (WPPT) of 1996; 18. The protection of audiovisual performances; 19. The project of a treaty on the protection of broadcasting organizations; 20. Protection of folklore; 21. The WIPO development agenda; 22. Additional issues discussed in WIPO after 1996; 23. Comparative tables of the contents of the main international copyright and neighbouring rights treaties; 24. The relationships between different treaties; 25. Overall assessment of the development of international copyright and neighbouring rights protection; 26. Outlook: Prospects for the development of international copyright and neighbouring rights law.
1. The law of the "classical' conventions
2. The inclusion of copyright and neighbouring rights in trade treaties and trade measures 3. Developments in the world intellectual property organization (WIPO) after the adoption of the trips agreement
4. Overall resume and outlook.
1. The law of the "classical' conventions
2. The inclusion of copyright and neighbouring rights in trade treaties and trade measures 3. Developments in the world intellectual property organization (WIPO) after the adoption of the trips agreement
4. Overall resume and outlook.
Series
Clarendon law series.
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008.
Language
English
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