Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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1 | (2) |
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Placing multimedia products within the scope of copyright |
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3 | (13) |
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General introductory comments |
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3 | (3) |
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History of copyright and redefinition of the term |
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6 | (4) |
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The choice between patent and copyright protection |
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10 | (4) |
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Notions relating to multimedia |
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14 | (2) |
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The scope of multimedia works |
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16 | (26) |
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Definition of multimedia works |
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16 | (10) |
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26 | (6) |
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Project participants in the creation of a multimedia product |
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32 | (4) |
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The differences between multimedia products and existing copyright works |
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36 | (6) |
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Traditional literary works |
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42 | (29) |
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Literary works as works of language |
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42 | (3) |
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Depurification of copyright |
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45 | (18) |
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Fixation of literary works |
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63 | (1) |
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Multimedia products and traditional literary works |
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64 | (7) |
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Collections and compilations |
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71 | (17) |
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Traditional approaches to collections and compilations |
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71 | (8) |
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The notion of works as components of a compilation |
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79 | (1) |
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The bond between literary works, compilations and multimedia works |
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80 | (8) |
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88 | (16) |
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88 | (6) |
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94 | (2) |
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Multimedia products as databases |
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96 | (8) |
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104 | (48) |
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`Audiovisual works' as a generic term |
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104 | (7) |
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Composite characteristics of audiovisual works |
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111 | (5) |
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A comparison between audiovisual works and literary works, compilations, databases and computer programs |
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116 | (3) |
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Distinctive features of the regime of protection of audiovisual works |
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119 | (7) |
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Multimedia works as audiovisual works |
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126 | (20) |
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Multimedia products and the regime of protection of audiovisual works |
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146 | (6) |
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152 | (14) |
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A multimedia work as a computer program |
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152 | (5) |
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Multimedia works and the regime of protection for computer programs |
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157 | (7) |
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164 | (2) |
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Video games as a test case |
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166 | (20) |
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Video games as multimedia works |
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166 | (1) |
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The case-law on video games |
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167 | (12) |
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Video games as a model for other multimedia works |
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179 | (5) |
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184 | (2) |
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Multimedia products and existing categories of copyright works |
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186 | (25) |
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Originality and qualification for copyright protection |
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186 | (10) |
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Qualification of multimedia works according to the type of co-operation of the contributors (the French paradigm) |
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196 | (7) |
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Qualification of multimedia works according to their nature |
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203 | (3) |
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A hybrid product in need of a sui generis copyright classification |
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206 | (5) |
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A regime of protection for multimedia products |
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211 | (59) |
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A copyright regime for multimedia products |
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211 | (38) |
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A `database-style' sui generis regime of protection for multimedia products |
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249 | (7) |
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Collective administration and unfair competition law |
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256 | (14) |
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270 | (12) |
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A regime of protection for multimedia products: a mixture of the regime for films and the sui generis right for databases |
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271 | (5) |
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Wider implications for copyright |
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276 | (6) |
Postscript |
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282 | (1) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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