The WIPO Treaties on Copyright A Commentary on the WCT, the WPPT, and the BTAP

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2015-05-12
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Author Biography


Jorg Reinbothe, European Commission,Silke Von Lewinski, Max Planck Institute of Intellectual Property

Table of Contents


Part I: The evolution of the WCT, WPPT, and BTAP
1. The development of international copyright and neighbouring rights law until 1991
2. The Committees of Experts on a possible Berne Protocol and a possible 'New Instrument'
3. The preparation of the Diplomatic Conference of 1996
4. The procedure at the Diplomatic Conference of 1996
5. The preparations for the BTAP
Part II: Commentary on the Articles of the WCT, WPPT, and BTAP
6. Principles of interpretation
7. The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
8. The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)
9. The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (BTAP)
Part III: Proposals that were not adopted in 1996
10. The abolition of provisions on non-voluntary licenses
11. The definition of rental
12. The modification right
13. 1. The protection of intellectual property in respect of databases
Part IV: Assessment of the outcome of the WCT, WPPT, and BTAP
14. Progress as compared to the Berne Convention (1971)
15. Progress as compared to the Rome Convention
16. Progress as compared to the WTO/TRIPs Agreement
17. Evolution of the WCT and WPPT after 1996
Part V: The Marrakech Treaty
18. The Marrakech Treaty
Appendix 1: The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
Appendix 2: The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)
Appendix 3: The Beijing Treaty in Audiovisual Performances
Appendix 4: Basic Proposal for the Substantive Provisions of the Treaty for the Protection of the Rights of Performers and Producers of Phonograms to be Considered by the Diplomatic Conference
Appendix 5: Basic Proposal for the Substantive Provisions of the Treaty for the Protection of the Rights of Performers and Producers of Phonograms to be Considered by the Diplomatic Conference
Appendix 6: Basic Proposal for the Administrative and Final Clauses of the Treaty to be Considered by the Diplomatic Conference
Appendix 7: Basic Proposal for the Substantive Provisions of the Treaty for the Protection of the Rights of AV Performers to be Considered by the Diplomatic Conference
Appendix 8: Basic Proposal for the Administrative and Final Clauses of the Treaty to be Considered by the Diplomatic Conference (Beijing Treaty)
Appendix 9: Tables of contracting parties
Appendix 10: Marrakech Treaty

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