@article{41771,
      author = {Depreeuw, Sari},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/41771},
      title = {The Variable Scope of the Exclusive Economic Rights in  Copyright.},
      abstract = {Which ‘uses’ of a work can an author protect and which  exclusive economic rights under copyright can she rely upon  to exercise this control? There was a time when the answer  was straightforward, but with each major technological  development it takes a while before the legal protection is  recalibrated to the new situation, the techniques and the  new economic exploitations they enabled. Today the  understanding of the uses protected under copyright has  become bewilderingly complex because of digital  technologies and the profound changes they brought to the  world we live in.  This book offers a thorough analysis of  the question of the scope of protection under current  international and European law, one cannot find a clearer  explication – or more useful recommendations – than in  this book.  The author describes two distinct but  interwoven aspects of copyright: the reproduction right,  and the rights of communication to the public. These  aspects are examined as they are touched upon under several  international instruments, including the Berne Convention  and the WIPO Copyright Treaty and in European law under the  Computer Programs Directive, the Directive on Satellite and  Cable, the Database Directive and the Information Society  Directive and their interpretation by the European Court of  Justice. The author pays particular attention to the role  that technologies play in relation to the definition of the  protected act and to the exploitation of the work. In a  concluding chapter, she lays bare the central object of  protection of the exploitation rights, and proposes a  method to align the scope of protection of both rights to  this central object, spelling out principles that must be  observed in order to achieve a more consistent protection  that is less vulnerable to technical contingencies.},
      recid = {41771},
      pages = {xii, 566 pages ;},
}