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.........................................................................................................................Book DescriptionThis book deals comprehensively with the major treaties and conventions covering the law of international copyright and neighbouring rights. It explains the complex legal, economic and political background to the treaties and their contents, and how they inter-relate. There is also discussion of how copyright and neighbouring rights are treated in international trade law such as GATT, WTO, NAFTA, and bilateral treaties, with a section devoted to how unilateral trade measures are applied by the USA in particular. There is also some discussion of current projects within WIPO and of how international copyright law and neighbouring rights may develop in the future.The book is intended to be a definitive account of the law of international copyright and neighbouring rights, but it is also intended to be accessible to non-specialist practitioners. It is fully cross-referenced to a forthcoming companion volume, European Copyright Law and Policy (expected to publish in 2009), offering readers a comprehensive approach to the subject. The author has been consulted on copyright law and policy on numerous occasions by various governments and non¬governmental organisations within and outside the EC as well as at international level, and therefore is ideally placed to give an inside view on how law and policy are formed..........................................................................................................................ContentsPart I - The Law of the 'Classical' Conventions1. Introduction to International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law2. Historical Development of International Copyright Law3. Comparison of the Copyright System and the Author's Rights (Droit d' auteur) System4. Overview of the Main 'Classical' Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Conventions before the TRIPS Agreement5. The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary 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 Part II - The Inclusion of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights in Trade Treaties and Trade Measures9. 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 Measures14. Overall Assessment of the Inclusion of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights into the Trade FrameworkPart III - Developments in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) After the Adoption the Trips Agreement15. Presentation of the WIPO16. Dispute Settlement Draft Treaty17. The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) of 199618. The Protection of Audiovisual Performances19. The Project of a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations20. Protection of Folklore21. The WIPO Development Agenda22. Additional Issues Discussed in WIPO after 1996Part IV - Overall Resume and Outlook23. Comparative Tables of the Contents of the Main International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Treaties24. The Relationships between Different Treaties25. Overall Assessment of the Development of International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection26. Outlook: Prospects for the Development of International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights LawIndex.........................................................................................................................Author DetailsSilke Von Lewinski is Head of Department at the Max Plank Institute for intellectual Property Law, Munich; and Adjunct Professor at the Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord..........................................................................................................................
