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The Compleat Multilateral Copyright & Related
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Conventions, Covenants & Treaties 1886 - 2007 ISBN 978-0-9689523-5-1 |
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Vol. I - The Compleat Multilateral Intellectual & Cultural Property Rights Series THIS is a reference work documenting 121 years of multilateral copyright relations beginning with the Berne Convention of 1886. By ‘multilateral’ I mean relations between three or more Nation-States. Bilateral copyright has a longer and more troubled history. It was such troubles that led to the complex contemporary multilateral copyright regime of 62 agreements, conventions, covenants and treaties compiled herein (see List of Instruments). On the one hand, this work is the record of multilateral attempts to accommodate new ways of fixing the expression of ideas or knowledge onto a material matrix thereby creating new works subject to copyright, e.g., ‘talking’ pictures, radio and television, VCRs, DVDs, WWW, et al. In the process, streams of royalties are created and sometimes successfully exploited fostering the industrial organization of a knowledge-based economy. On the other hand, it is the record of multilateral attempts to recognize and reward creators – Natural and Legal – to foster learning and grow the public domain, in effect, to grow the national knowledge-base. It is thus a summary record of multilateral attempts to balance the conflicting interests of creators, users and proprietors of copyrighted works with the self-interest of Nation-States in the context of ever accelerating technological change. Excluding an Executive Summary, the work consists of four parts: 1. Introduction: explaining its structure, organization and limitations as well as an historical, cultural, legal and geo-political assessment of its significance; 2. Summary Index of Instruments: naming each multilateral instrument and page numbering its text followed by a Multilateral Lexicon of terms; 3. Instruments: each has been fully indexed and presented in a standardized format to facilitate comparison. Originals are not published in a standard format nor, in many cases, do they include full titling of provisions and/or indexing. References in originals are, however, fully maintained. The status of each Instrument is also reported, e.g., when and how Nation-States and International Organizations became party. For a comparison of a Compiler Press presentation with originals, please see: Convention for the European Patent for the Common Market 1975: Original vs. CMIPRS; and, 4. Meta Index: an index of indexes permitting a reader to scan the Index of each instrument in numeric order. None of the 62 instruments have an index in their original. Furthermore the vast majority have no titling for chapters, sections or articles. An Editor’s Note at the beginning of each instrument Index indicates if titling has been added. Where it proved possible additional titling was derived from provisions of the Berne Convention. Titling and indexing is a major value added by this work. The 913 page compilation of instruments is preceded by a forty-one page Introduction explaining the structure, organization and limitations of the work as well as its historical, cultural, legal and geo-political significance Other works currently available from Compiler Press include: Vol. II - The Compleat Multilateral Patent & Related 1883-2008: Agreements, Conventions & Treaties, July 2008, ISBN 978-0-9689523-7-5 Vol. III - The Compleat Multilateral Trademark & Industrial Design Agreements, Conventions & Treaties 1883-2008, August 2008, ISBN 978-0-9689523-6-8 Vol. IV - The Compleat Multilateral Cultural Property & Related 1874-2008 Agreements, Charters, Conventions and Treaties, Feb. 2009, ISBN 978-0-9689523-8-2 Pre-Common Law Copyright, Performing Rights & Licensing: An Annotated Chronology including Statutory Marginalia 567 to 1714, April 2011, ISBN 978-0-9689523-9-9. The Compleat Canadian Copyright Act 1709-2013: Present, Past & Proposed Provisions, September 2013, ISBN 978-0-9921335-1-1 959 pages, 7MB, ISBN 978-0-9689523-5-1 Pro Forma Invoice available on request VISA, MasterCard & American Express Orders accepted All sales outside of Canada in $ US
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