European Copyright Law: A Commentary

Author:   Michel Walter (Honorary Professor, Vienna Law School, specialist IP law practitioner and President of the Austrian group of ALAI) ,  Silke von Lewinski (Adjunct Professor and Head of the Intellectual Property and Competition Law Unit at the Max Planck Institute in Munich)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199227327


Pages:   1660
Publication Date:   25 March 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Michel Walter (Honorary Professor, Vienna Law School, specialist IP law practitioner and President of the Austrian group of ALAI) ,  Silke von Lewinski (Adjunct Professor and Head of the Intellectual Property and Competition Law Unit at the Max Planck Institute in Munich)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 5.70cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   1.925kg
ISBN:  

9780199227327


ISBN 10:   0199227322
Pages:   1660
Publication Date:   25 March 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Part I: GENERAL PART 1: Silke von Lewinski: Introduction 2: Michel M Walter and Lutz Riede: Principle of Non-discrimination 3: Felix Daum: Copyright, European Competition Law, and Free Movement of Goods and Services 4: Michel M Walter: Fundamental Rights Part II: DIRECTIVES ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS 5: Walter Blocher and Michel M Walter: Computer Program Directive 6: Silke von Lewinski: Rental and Lending Rights Directive 7: Thomas Dreier: Satellite and Cable Directive 8: Michel M Walter: Term Directive 9: Silke von Lewinski: Database Directive 10: Michel M Walter: Resale Right Directive 11: Silke von Lewinski and Michel M Walter: Information Society Directive Part III: COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT 12: Anke Schierholz: Collective Management in Europe-Practice and Legal Framework Part IV: Enforcement of Rights 13: Michel M Walter and Dominik Goebel: Enforcement Directive 14: Michel M Walter: Product Piracy Regulation 15: Michel M Walter: Access Control Directive Part V: STATUS OF HARMONIZATION AND OUTLOOK 16: Silke von Lewinski and Michel M Walter: Status of Harmonization and Outlook

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The second edition of European Copyright Law is particularly relevant in that it offers an extensive review of the acquis communautaire, especially now that the debate on a uniform copyright title for Europe has been launched by academics as well as decision makers. This impressive book also takes into account the most recent developments at the national level and the changes resulting from the new Treaty of Lisbon. This book will serve as a valuable tool for anyone dealing with European copyright law issues. * Alain Strowel, Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP * In summary, the work is a magnificent reference text and a worthy addition to any copyright library and it will probably become a central text in the copyright field * Phillip Johnson, Barrister, European Intellectual Property Review * The current edition reflects - as did the first edition, published in 2001 - the increasing harmonization of copyright in the European Community and is logically presented in the form of an article by article commentary by a team of highly regarded experts in this important area of law. The result is a thorough, in-depth examination of copyright-related directives and regulations. A survey of legislative materials, legal instruments and bibliography precedes each directive or regulation cited and it is a heavy-weight book in every sense of the word!..The book contains a wealth of diverse material, from Fundamental rights, European Competition Law and Free Movement of Goods and Sevices to the various directives pertaining to, for example, computerization, satellite and cable technologies, rental and lending rights and of course enforcement * Phillip Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers * ...monumental commentary on European copyright law...Its almost unique character and its enormous merits in commenting, analyzing and, where necessary, criticizing the whole body of European copyright law...make it a must * Adolf Dietz, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competitino Law * ...highly commendable...the work has remained such a major coup also in the second edition published in 2010 * Katzenberger * I would heartily recommend as an important addition to any copyright collection. * Charlotte Waelde, Journal of Media Law * In summary, ^iEuropean Copyright Law: A Commentary^r is one of those books which appears from time to time (sometimes just once a decade) and makes a fundamental contribution to knowledge in the field, either for being a pioneering work or for being a complete work of high quality in terms of its content. In this case, the rarity of the book which I am reviewing is that it has both of these characteristics simultaneously. * Pe.I. (Revista de propiedad intellectual), vol. 40. * ^iEuropean Copyright Law: a Commentary^r is a prodigious achievement and should be the model for other volumes on European patent and trademark law. * Marshall Leaffer, Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S,A * It is easy to conclude that ^iEuropean Copyright Law^r will be the standard reference work on EU copyright law for a long time to come, and anyone doing research on EU copyright law will have to make use of this volume. * Marshall Leaffer, Journal of the Copyright Socety of the U.S,A *


The second edition of European Copyright Law is particularly relevant in that it offers an extensive review of the acquis communautaire, especially now that the debate on a uniform copyright title for Europe has been launched by academics as well as decision makers. This impressive book also takes into account the most recent developments at the national level and the changes resulting from the new Treaty of Lisbon. This book will serve as a valuable tool for anyone dealing with European copyright law issues. Alain Strowel, Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP


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Michel M Walter is a Honorary Professor at the Vienna University Law School and Visiting Professor at the Danube University Krems, specializing in intellectual property rights. He teaches in a number of universities and master programs. He was a member of the EC group of Copyright experts Brussels and of the Austrian Copyright Arbitration Board. Michel M Walter is a practising lawyer in Vienna, president of the Austrian Group of ALAI and co-editor of the journal Medien und Recht International (Media and Law International). He is a well known authority in the field of intellectual property rights and author of numerous articles and books in particular on national, European and International copyright and related rights as well as private international law. Dr. Silke von Lewinski is a head of department who specializes in international and European copyright law at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Munich. She has been an expert consulting the European Commission, eg on the EC Rental Rights Directive, and the WIPO Diplomatic Conference 1996, which led to the WCT and WPPT (preparation, and member of the EC delegation). She has been the chief legal expert consulting the governments of Eastern and Central European and former Soviet countries on their copyright legislation in the framework of the initial EC's TA programs from 1995 and works under subsequent programs, including in Asia. In addition, Dr. von Lewinski is teaching at different universities and institutions worldwide, such as at Franklin Pierce Law Center (USA) and at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center.

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