Principles of Copyright Law – Cases and Materials

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WORLD
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION
MONDIALE
DE LA PROPRIÉTÉ
INTELLECTUELLE
PRINCIPLES OF
COPYRIGHT
Cases and
Materials
DAVID VAVER
Reuters Professor of Intellectual Property
and Information Technology Law,
Director, Oxford Intellectual Property
Research Centre, St Peter’s College,
Oxford University
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PIERRE SIRINELLI
Professeur à l’Université
Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I)
GENEVA/GENÈVE
JULY/JUILLET 2002

PRINCIPLES OF COPYRIGHT
CASES AND MATERIALS
6 FOREWORD
9 CHAPTER I.
SUBJECT MATTER AND CONDITIONS OF PROTECTION
73 CHAPTER II.
RIGHTS
105 CHAPTER III.
OWNERSHIP OF RIGHTS
125 CHAPTER IV.
INFRINGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT
NOTIONS FONDAMENTALES
DU DROIT D’AUTEUR
RECUEIL DE JURISPRUDENCE
170 AVANT-PROPOS
173 CHAPITRE I.
L’OBJET ET LES CONDITIONS DE LA PROTECTION
229 CHAPITRE II.
LES DROITS DE L’AUTEUR
279 CHAPITRE III.
LA TITULARITÉ DES DROITS
308 CHAPITRE IV.
LES VIOLATIONS ET LES SANCTIONS

WORLD
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PROPERTY
ORGANIZATION
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COPYRIGHT
Cases and
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DAVID VAVER
Reuters Professor of Intellectual Property
and Information Technology Law,
Director, Oxford Intellectual Property
Research Centre, St Peter’s College,
Oxford University
FOREWORD Intellectual property is increasingly being recognized as an important
tool for economic development and wealth creation. Copyright, in
particular, can be a powerful catalyst within national economies.
Several studies have shown that comprehensive copyright legislation
sustained by effective enforcement mechanisms and an efficient
collective management structure can have a significant, measurable
impact on Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The impetus of certain international instruments dealing with
intellectual property – such as the Agreement on the Trade-Related
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs Agreement) of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances
and Phonograms Treaty – has generated a vast amount of activity in
drafting new national copyright laws or revising existing ones.
Under the TRIPs Agreement, for example, countries are not only
obliged to provide minimum standards of protection, but must also
ensure their effective enforcement. Copyright is taking an increasingly
central role on the legal stage. It is, therefore, imperative for the actors
involved in the task of implementing and enforcing copyright law – be
they judges, lawyers, customs officials or the police, rights-holders,
users – to possess a basic knowledge of how to interpret it.
This publication aims to provide a valuable and practical tool for those
countries where court decisions in the copyright domain are scarce
or non-existent – either because copyright law is a fairly new
phenomenon or because existing legislation has not been extensively
applied.
To that effect the publication examines a carefully selected number of
court decisions illustrating general principles of copyright law, drawn
from common law, civil law and the legislative systems of Arab
countries. As the basic principles illustrated here are to a large extent
commonly shared, many of the cases presented have a wider
relevance, going beyond the confines of the legal system of which
they form part.
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FOREWORD
The initiative for this Casebook was taken by the Cooperation for
Development Bureau for Arab Countries of WIPO. It should thus be
noted that its content has taken into account general trends in Arab
legislation. For example, the section on moral rights in the part dealing
with civil law is particularly well developed, as the laws of most Arab
countries are closely aligned with those of civil law systems, in which
moral rights are of significant importance.
Four leading and well-respected experts from different legal
backgrounds contributed to this publication: Professor David Vaver,
from Oxford University (United Kingdom) provided the part related to
common law; Professor Pierre Sirinelli, from Paris I University (France)
was responsible for the part on civil law; Professor Hossam Loutfi, of
the Cairo University (Egypt) authored the part on Arab countries; and
the outline and structure of the book were established by Professor
Victor Nabhan, formerly of Laval University (Canada) and currently a
WIPO consultant.
I am convinced that this comparative study will make an important
contribution to a better understanding, and hence a sound
implementation, of the legislation in those developing countries where
copyright law is an emerging field.
I congratulate those who contributed to this excellent work, which fills
a need for practical information in the copyright field.
I also wish to extend my special thanks and appreciation to the
Regional Bureau for Arab States of the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) for its full support of the objectives of this
publication and its financial commitment thereto.
Dr. Kamil Idris
Director General
World Intellectual Property Organization
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