Table of Contents:
  • THE EVOLUTION OF THE WCT, WPPT, AND BTAP: The development of international copyright and neighbouring rights law until 1991
  • The committees of experts on a possible Berne Protocol and a possible 'new instrument'
  • The preparation of the Diplomatic Conference of 1996
  • The procedure at the Diplomatic Conference of 1996
  • The preparations for the BTAP
  • COMMENTARY ON THE ARTICLES OF THE WCT, WPPT, AND BTAP: Principles of interpretation
  • The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
  • The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)
  • The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (BTAP)
  • PROPOSALS THAT WERE NOT ADOPTED IN 1996: The provisions on abolition of non-voluntary licences
  • The definition of rental
  • The modification right
  • The protection of intellectual property in respect of databases
  • ASSESSMENT OF THE OUTCOME OF THE WCT, WPPT, AND BTAP: Progress as compared to the Berne Convention (1971)
  • Progress as compared to the Rome Convention
  • Progress as compared to the WTO/Trips Agreement
  • The evolution of the WCT and the WPPT after 1996
  • THE MARRAKESH TREATY OF 2013: The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled.
  • Appendix 1. The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
  • Appendix 2. The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)
  • Appendix 3. Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (BTAP)
  • Appendix 4. Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
  • Appendix 5. Basic proposal for the substantive provisions of the Treaty on Certain Questions Concerning the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works to be considered by the Diplomatic Conference
  • Appendix 6. Basic proposal for the substantive provisions of the Treaty for the Protection of the Rights of Performers and Producers of Phonograms to be considered by the Diplomatic Conference
  • Appendix 7. Basic proposal for the Administrative and Final Clauses of the Treaty to be considered by the Diplomatic Conference
  • Appendix 8. Basic proposal for the substantive provisions of an instrument on the protection of audiovisual performances to be considered by the Diplomatic Conference
  • Appendix 9. Basic proposal for Administrative and Final Provisions of the International Instrument on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances to be considered by the Diplomatic Conference
  • Appendix 10. Basic proposal for the substantive provisions of the Treaty to be considered by the Diplomatic Conference
  • Appendix 11. Basic proposal for the Administrative and Final Clauses of the Treaty to be considered by the Diplomatic Conference
  • Appendix 12. Draft text of an international instrument/treaty on limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons/persons with print disabilities
  • Appendix 13. Draft Administrative Provisions and Final Clauses of the Treaty to be considered by the Diplomatic Conference.