ALAI 2001 Congress

Adjuncts and Alternatives to Copyright

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Questionnaires
and National Reports

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TOPIC I:
Technological Protection of Copyrighted Works, and Copyright Management Systems

 


Session I.C  
Situating Legal Protections for Copyright-Related Technological Measures
in the Broader Legal Landscape:
Anti Circumvention Protection Outside Copyright.

General Report
by Séverine Dusollier

Questionnaire
(click here for the Wordperfect document)

National Reports:
  Australia
Belgium*
Canada*
Denmark		 Finland
France
Germany (pdf)±
Greece*		 Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands¥
Portugal		 Spain*
Switzerland*
United Kingdom
United States
(attached documents)		  
* In French, only.
± Same response as for Questionnaire I.D.2
¥ Combined response for Questionnaires I.C, I.D.1 and I.D.2

 


Session I.D.1
What is the Appropriate Scope of Copyright in a World of Technological Protections?
The New or Evolving "Access Right"?

General Report
Prof. Jon Bing

Questionnaire
(click here for the Wordperfect document)


National Reports:
  Australia (pdf)
Belgium*
Canada*
Denmark		 Finland
France (pdf)*
Germany
Greece		 Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands¥
Portugal		 Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States		  
* In French, only.
¥ Combined response for Questionnaires I.C, I.D.1 and I.D.2

 

 
Session I.D.2    
The Scope of the Prohibition on Circumvention
of Technological Measures: Exceptions

General Report
by Prof. Pierre Sirinelli

Questionnaire
(click here for the Wordperfect document)

National Reports:
  Australia
Belgium
Canada*
Denmark		 Finland
France
Germany (pdf)
Greece*		 Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands¥
Portugal		 Spain*
Switzerland*
United Kingdom
United States
(Supplement to US Report)		  
* In French, only.
¥ Combined response for Questionnaires I.C, I.D.1 and I.D.2

 

TOPIC II:
The Relationship of Copyright
and Trademarks

 


Session II.A
Copyright, Trademarks and Trade Dress:
the overlap (and conflict?) in intellectual property regimes
concerning designs and visual images.

General Report
(click here for the Wordperfect document)
by Prof. Graeme B. Dinwoodie


Session II.B
Exceptions to protection where copyright and trademark overlap:
parody, news reporting and other "speech" use of trademarks.

General Report
by Dr. Annette Kur

Questionnaire
(Combined Questionnaire A and B)
(click here for the Wordperfect document)


National Reports:
  Australia
Belgium*
Canada
Denmark
Finland		 France (pdf)*
Germany
Greece
Italy
Japan		 Kazakhstan
Mexico
Netherlands
Spain
Sweden		 Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States		  
* In French, only.

 

 

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