EU Copyright Law

Edited by Irini Stamatoudi, Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Cultural Heritage Law, Faculty of Law, University of Nicosia, Cyprus and Paul Torremans, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, School of Law, University of Nottingham, UK

Contents:

Introduction

PART I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EUROPEAN COPYRIGHT
1. Is There a Concept of European Copyright Law? History, Evolution, Policies and Politics and the Acquis Communautaire
Agnès Lucas-Schloetter

2. The Principle of Non-Discrimination
Cristiana Sappa

3. The Principle of Free Movement of Goods – Community Exhaustion and Parallel Imports
Benedetta Ubertazzi

4. The Essential Facilities Principle and Other Issues of Competition
Alison Firth

PART II: THE EU DIRECTIVES
5. The Software Directive
Marie-Christine Janssens

6. The Rental and Lending Rights Directive
Sylvie Nérisson

7. The Satellite and Cable Directive
Jan Rosén

8. The Term Directive
Gemma Minero

9. The Database Directive
Estelle Derclaye

10. The Resale Right Directive
Jens Gaster

11. The Information Society Directive
Christophe Geiger, Franciska Schönherr (articles 5 and 6(4)), Irini Stamatoudi and Paul Torremans

12. The Enforcement Directive
Irini Stamatoudi

13. The Orphan Works Directive
Uma Suthersanen and Maria Mercedes Frabboni

14. The Draft Collective Management Directive
Lucie Guibault

PART III: EU POLICIES AND ACTIONS
15. The EU Policies and Actions in the Fight Against Piracy
Olivier Vrins

16. Europeana, Arrow and Orphan Works: Bringing Europe’s Cultural Heritage Online
Nadine Klass and Hajo Rupp

17. The Digital Agenda for Europe, the Economy and its Impact Upon the Development of EU Copyright Policy
Benjamin Farrand

18. Intellectual Property and the EU Rules on Private International Law: Match or Mismatch?
Paul Torremans

PART IV: PRESENT AND FUTURE OF COPYRIGHT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
19. The EU Stance in International Matters
Gillian Davies

20. The Role of the Court of Justice in the Development of European Union Copyright Law
Jonathan Griffiths

21. Towards a European Copyright Law: Four Issues to Consider
Alain Strowel

22. Conclusion

Index