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Intellectual property scholars often argue that a European Copyright Code is unnecessary, undesirable, and perhaps impossible. Such a wide-ranging evaluation was the objective of an international conference held in Nicosia, Cyprus, in April 2011. This book reprints the papers presented at that conference.
List of contents
Part 1: The Methods of European Copyright Harmonization. 1. The Legal Foundations of European Copyright Law; T. Georgopoulos. 2. The European Legislator's Strategy in the Field of Copyright Harmonization; F. Gotzen. 3. The Plurality of Legal Systems in Copyright Law: An Obstacle to a European Codification? P. Jougleux . 4. CJUE Policy and Practice in the Field of European Copyright Law; D. Kallinikou . Part 2: The acquis of European Copyright Harmonization. 1. The Foundations of the Concept of Work in European Copyright Law; T.-E. Synodinou. 2. The acquis communautaire in the Area of Copyright and Related Rights: Economic Rights; A. Lucas-Schloetter. 3. Defining the Scope of Protection of Copyright in the EU: The Need to Reconsider the acquis Regarding Limitations and Exceptions; C. Geiger, F. Schonherr. 4. Duration of Copyright and Related Rights; H. Pisuke. 5. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights; P. Camara Aguila. Part 3: The Gaps in European Copyright Harmonization. 1. Authorship and Ownership: Authors, Entrepreneurs and Rights; A. Quaedvlieg. 2. Moral right; I. Kikkis. 3 . Copyright Contracts; S. von Lewinski. 4. An Essential Brick in the European Copyright Building: A Regulation of Copyright Transactions; J. de Werra. 5. The Legal Struggle in the EU against Online Piracy; I. Iglezakis. 6. Interoperability and European Copyright Law Codification; C. Bernault. Part 4: Perspectives and Reflections on the European Codification of Copyright Law. 1. The Perspective of the Introduction of a European Fair Use Clause; P.L.C. Torremans. 2 . The Wittem Group's European Copyright Code; P.B. Hugenholtz. 3. Reflections on a European Copyright Codification; R. Hilty. 4 . European Copyright Codification; A. Lucas.
