EU update: Baker & McKenzie’s regular article tracking developments in EU law relating to IP, IT & telecommunications

✍ Scribed by Jonathan Westwell; Sophie Malloch; Amina Mansoor

• Book ID: 104321883
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 97 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0267-3649
• DOI: 10.1016/s0267-3649(03)00210-3

✦ Synopsis

This is the latest edition of Baker & McKenzie's column on developments in EU law relating to IP, IT and

Telecommunications. This article summarises recent developments that are considered important for practitioners, students and academics in a wide range of intellectual property, information technology, e-commerce and telecommunications areas. It cannot be exhaustive but intends to address the important points. This is a hard copy reference guide, but links to outside web sites are included where possible. No responsibility is assumed for the accuracy of information contained in these links.

Copyright

Authorship of cinematographic or audiovisual works -

The Commission issued a report to the Council on 6 December 2002 on the harmonisation of the notion of authorship in cinematographic and audiovisual works. Directive 92/100/EEC on rental and lending rights and certain rights related to copyright, which paved the way for harmonisation amongst Member States, recognises the principal director of a film as one of its authors. At the time the Directive was debated, a number of Member States were fundamentally opposed to this provision, arguing that it would hamper distribution and marketing by adding to the number of authors whose permission is needed for a work to be shown. The report concluded that the Directive, and specifically the provision relating to director's rights of authorship, did not make it more difficult to distribute and market audiovisual works.