International copyright Part 14

The Global Response to Digital Music Piracy
Liz Robinson
UCLA Entertainment Law Review
Volume 7, Issue 2, Spring 2000 p.357

Technology now allows digital music files to transfer easily and quickly over the Internet. Newly available devices allow Internet users to store, copy, and replay digital sound recordings whether copyrighted or not. Because of the global nature of the Internet, domestic copyright legislation is ineffective against the Internet music pirate. This article briefly discusses multilateral copyright Treaties and the United States’ use of trade sanctions to discourage International copyright infringement. This article suggests that these mechanisms are no longer sufficient to combat music Piracy in the age of digital music on the Internet. Proposed solutions include mandated civil remedies as well as levies on recording media to be used to offset lost royalties and finance global enforcement.

INTERNATIONAL TAKE-DOWN POLICY: A PROPOSAL FOR THE WTO AND WIPO TO ESTABLISH INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
John T. Soma & Natalie A. Norman
Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal (Comm/Ent)
Volume 22, Number 3/4, Spring 2000 p.391

Copyright owners have become increasingly concerned with online copyright infringement by Internet service providers. As a result, lawmakers have attempted to determine the most appropriate mechanism by which to impose third party liability upon these ISPs. The intemet makes it extremely difficult to identify online copyright infringement in general, and unfortunately, the task becomes even more difficult in the international context. This paper suggests that a practical solution to the problem might include creating international procedural guidelines, which would provide copyright owners with viable means to protect their rights. The authors compare international standards for ISP liability for third party copyright infringement, and propose international guidelines to create an international notice and take-down standards for all ISPs.

China and the International Protection of Copyright
Zewei Yang
Journal of World Intellectual Property
Volume 3, Number 2, March 2000 p.197-209

Intellectual Property: The Fundamentals of United States Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patent, and Trademark, by Sheldon W. Halpern, Craig Allen Nard and Kenneth L. Port, 1999, hard-cover, Kluwer Law International, 372 pp., ISBN 90 4119 262 X
Computer Law and Security Review
Volume 16, Issue 2, March-April 2000 p.104

International Copyright: From a “Bundle”of National Copyright Laws to a Supranational Code?
Jane C. Ginsburg
Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
Volume 47, The Millennium Volume, 2000 p.265

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW AND THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA RIGHT OF AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS
Irene Segal Ayers
Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal (Comm/Ent)
Volume 22, Number 1, Fall 1999 p.29

This article looks at recent cases resolving disputes over the electronic media rights of freelance journalists and publishers in the United States and Europe. This article considers the implications of conflicting case law for international electronic trade in copyrighted works and suggests international solutions that attempt to balance fairly the competing interest of freelancers, publishers, and the new electronic media industries.

Meta-Tags and Hypertext Deep Linking: How the Essential Components of Web-Authoring and Internet Guidance Are Strengthening Intellectual Property Rights on the World Wide Web
Mark Everett Chancey
Stetson Law Review
Volume 29, Number 1, Summer 1999 p.203

In light of the exponential growth of the World Wide Web and the vast increase in the commission of both personal and professional web pages, the first-half of this Comment exposes one of the more current technologies utilized in Web page design–the use of meta-tags. This Comment, in a reader-friendly fashion, explains this technology of meta-tagging, gives a thorough background on its evolution, and explains the legal ramifications arising from the use of this Web page design tool. The Author discusses and evaluates several cases in which the content embedded within these meta-tags has infringed trademark law, more specifically, dilution law. The Author concludes this section by arguing that dilution is the more suitable legal remedy for meta-tag misuse, rather than the traditional infringement action. Hypertext linking is also addressed in the latter half of this Comment. Distinguishing between surface and deep or embedded links, the second-half of this Comment details how these deep links have sparked numerous disputes arising under the guise of copyright law, leading with the Ticketmaster, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. case and concluding with a glance at some international cases. Taken together, this Comment serves as an expose, an informative piece that warns of the dangers inherent in “outsourcing”Web page design to third parties.

BOOTLEGS AND IMPORTS: SEEKING EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL ENFORCEMENT OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL RECORDINGS
Robert M. Blunt
Houston Journal of International Law
Volume 22, Number 1, Fall 1999 p.169

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