Concise European Copyright Law - 9041123849 - 9789041123848

Concise European Copyright Law by Thomas Dreier, P. Bernt Hugenholtz

by: Thomas Dreier, P. Bernt Hugenholtz
August 2006, ISBN 9041123849
ISBN 13: 9789041123848
488 pp. Hardcover

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In the rapidly growing information society, copyright law plays a central role in the creation, production, dissemination and use of creative material and the information it contains. In the past 15 years, the European Union has enacted no less than seven Directives aimed at harmonising copyright throughout the internal market.

Concise European Copyright Law aims to offer the reader a rapid understanding of all the provisions of copyright law in force in Europe, which have been enacted at the European and international levels and features:

Article-by-article commentary on the relevant European directives and international treaties in the field of copyright and neighbouring rights
Short and straightforward explanations of the principles of law to be drawn from each provision
Editors and authors who are prominent specialists (academics and practitioners) in the field of European and international copyright law

Concise European Copyright Law is part of 'Concise IP', a series of five volumes of commentary on European intellectual property legislation edited by Professor Thomas Dreier, Professor Charles Gielen and Richard Hacon. The formula of this series is based on the successful German and Dutch formula 'KurzKommentar' and 'Tekst en Commentaar'.

Concise European Copyright Law provides:

Clear understanding of all the provisions of copyright law in Europe
;Article-by-Article Commentary on the relevant European Directives
;Article-by-Article Commentary on International Treaties
;Short straightforward explantions

• About the editors

• Introduction Part I. International Conventions in the Field of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights

• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

• WIPO Copyright Treaty

• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations

• The Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms

• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty

• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (arts. 9–14) Part II. European Copyright Directives

• Directive 91/250/EEC – Directive on the legal protection of computer programs

• Directive 92/100/EEC – Directive on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of
intellectual property

• Directive 93/83/EEC – Directive on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and related rights to copyright
applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission

• Directive 93/98/EEC – Directive harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights

• Directive 96/9/EC – Directive on the legal protection of databases

• Directive 2001/29/EC – Directive on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society

• Directive 2001/84/EC – Directive on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art Part III. Appendix

• List of abbreviations

• List of references

• Index

"It's brilliant. I carry it around everywhere and am increasingly erudite"

Dr. Tilman Lüder, European Commission

"It's an outstanding and useful work which contributes much to the complex issue of EU Copyright Law"

Prof. Heiki Pisuke, University of Tartu, Estonia