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:
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Article-by-article commentary on the relevant European directives and
international treaties in the field of copyright and neighbouring rights
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Short and straightforward explanations of the principles of law to be drawn
from each provision
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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:
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Clear understanding of all the provisions of copyright law in Europe
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;Article-by-Article Commentary on the relevant European Directives
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;Article-by-Article Commentary on International Treaties
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;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
