Emerging copyright issuesSEVAN ANTREASYAN – s.antreasyan@gmail.com

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