emerging copyright issues - wipo/unige summer school on ip 2016
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Emerging copyright issuesSEVAN ANTREASYAN – [email protected]
WIPO – Geneva Summer School on IP (2016)
Copyright basics
Object of protectionExclusive rightsLimitations / exceptionsDuration
Object of protection
WorkLiterary, music, software
Copyright protection extends to expressions and not to ideas, procedures, methods of operation or mathematical concepts as such. (Art. 2 WCT)
Exclusive rights
Patrimonial Copy Distribution Communication to the
public Broadcasting Rental
Moral Paternity Integrity “Droit de suite”
Limitations / Exceptions
International framework 3 step test:
limited to special cases does not conflict with normal
exploitation of the work, and does not unreasonably prejudice
the legitimate interests of the author
See Art. 10 WCT, 9.2 Berne Conv., 13 TRIPS
Examples Fair use (common law countries) Private use (civil law countries) Temporary copy Museum catalogs
Limitations / Exceptions
Exhaustion of copyright Art. 6 WCT:
1) Authors of literary and artistic works shall enjoy the exclusive right of authorizing the making available to the public of the original and copies of their works through sale or other transfer of ownership.
2) Nothing in this Treaty shall affect the freedom of Contracting Parties to determine the conditions, if any, under which the exhaustion of the right in paragraph (1) applies after the first sale or other transfer of ownership of the original or a copy of the work with the authorization of the author. (Art. 6(2) WCT)
Duration
Principle: life + 50 years (Art. 7 Berne Convention) Mostly varies between life + 50 years and life + 70 years See Klinger v. Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd., No. 14-1128 (7th Cir.
2014)
Discussion1) FRAMING 2) EXHAUSTION
Framing / embeddingo Video is stored on the sources’
servers
o It can be displayed on another webpage
Caseso Svensson, CJEU Case C-466/12
o Bestwater, CJEU Case C-348/13
o C More Entertainment AB v Linus
Sandberg, CJEU Case C‑279/13
Exhaustiono Capitol Records v. ReDigi, No.
12 Civ. 95 (U.S.D.C. S.D.N.Y.)o UsedSoft v. Oracle, CJEU Case C-
128/11o Art & Allposters v. Stitching
Pictoright, Case C‐419/13o AIPPI Q240 (www.aippi.org/?
sel=questions&sub=dissolvedcommittees&viewQ=240#240) http://lehrmach2.blogspot.ch/2013/05/got-slammed-capital-records-court-ace.html