Resources on WIPO Website:
(http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/activities/wct_wppt/wct_wppt.htm)
Publications
WIPO Treaties: Guide & Glossary
Documents
- The WCT and the WPPT (Adobe PDF)
- Advantages of Adhering to the WCT and the WPPT (Adobe PDF)
- Survey on Implementation Provisions of the WCT and the WPPT (Adobe PDF)
Leaflet
- "The WIPO Internet Treaties" (Adobe PDF)
Meetings
- Seminar on the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT): Opportunities and Challenges (Geneva, May 16, 2002)
- Workshop on Implementation Issues of the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) (Geneva, December 6 and 7, 1999)
- Diplomatic Conference of 1996 (Geneva, December 2 to 20, 1996)
Ratification
- Text and Ratification Status of the WIPO Copyright Treaty
- Text and Ratification Status of the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Books:
- Mihály Ficsor, The Law of Copyright and the Internet : the 1996 WIPO Treaties Their Interpretation and Implementation, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002
CityU Lib CN: K1420.5 .F53 2002 - WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) (1996) : with the agreed statements of the diplomatic conference that adopted the treaty, and the provisions of the Berne Convention (1971) referred to in the treaty, Geneva : World Intellectual Property organization, 1997
CityU Lib CN: K1441.A41996 A2 1997 - Jörg Reinbothe, Silke von Lewinski, The WIPO treaties 1996 : the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty : commentary and legal analysis, London: Butterworths, 2002
CityU Lib CN: KF2995 .R45 2002 - David Nimmer, Copyright : Sacred Text, Technology, and the DMCA, The Hague ; New York : Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, MD : Sold and distributed in North, Central, and South America by Aspen Publishers, 2003
CityU Lib CN: KF3030.1 .N56 2003 - Alan Williams, Duncan Calow, and Nick Higham, Digital media : Contracts, Rights and Licensing, 2nd ed, London : Sweet & Maxwell, 1998
CityU Lib CN: KD1289 .W54 1998
Articles:
- Validity, Construction, and Application of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860 (1998)) / by Amy P. Bunk, J.D. [American Law Report (ALR)]
- Mihaly Ficsor, The Wipo "Internet Treaties:" The United States as the Driver: The United States as the Main Source of Obstruction — As seen by an Anti-Revolutionary Central European, 6 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 17
- LULIN GAO, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE INTERNET ERA: THE NEW FRONTIER, 5 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 589
- MICHAEL A. GEIST, DORIS ESTELLE LONG, LESLIE ANN REIS, DAVID E. SORKIN AND FRED VON LOHMANN, Copyright & Privacy: Collision or Coexistence? Conference Brochure: Copyright & Privacy — Through the Technology Lens, 4 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 242
- Stefan Bechtold, Digital Rights Management in the United States and Europe, 52 Am. J. Comp. L. 323
- Eric Priest ,The Future of Music and Film Piracy in China, 21 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 795
- JUSTIN HUGHES, The Internet and the Persistence of Law, 44 B.C. L. Rev 359
- Michael D. Birnhack, GLOBAL COPYRIGHT, LOCAL SPEECH, 24 Cardozo Arts & Ent LJ 491
- Michael Gruenberger, A DUTY TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PERFORMERS? CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT, 24 Cardozo Arts & Ent LJ 617
- Jane C. Ginsburg, Legal Protection of Technological Measures Protecting Works of Authorship: International Obligations and the US Experience, 29 Colum. J.L. & Arts 11
- June M. Besek, Anti-Circumvention Laws and Copyright: A Report from the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, 27 Colum. J.L. & Arts 385
- BOOK REVIEW: Achieving Balance in International Copyright Law: The WIPO Treaties 1996: The WIPO Copyright Treaty and The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty: Commentary and Legal Analysis. By Jorg Reinbothe and Silke von Lewinski, 2002. Pp 581. Reviewed by Jane C. Ginsburg, 26 Colum. J.L. & Arts 201
- AASHIT SHAH, UK’s Implementation of the Anti-Circumvention Provisions of the EU Copyright Directive: An Analysis, 2004 Duke L. & Tech. Rev. 3
- Urs Gasser, Legal Frameworks and Technological Protection of Digital Content: Moving Forward towards a Best Practice Model, 17 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 39
- Fara Tabatabai, A TALE OF TWO COUNTRIES: CANADA’S RESPONSE TO THE PEER-TO-PEER CRISIS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE UNITED STATES, 73 Fordham L. Rev. 2321
- Guido Westkamp, TRANSIENT COPYING AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS: THE CREEPING EVOLUTION OF USE AND ACCESS RIGHTS IN EUROPEAN COPYRIGHT LAW, 36 Geo. Wash. Int’l L. Rev. 1057
- Guido Westkamp, THE RECOGNITION AND STATUS OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE CONFLICT OF LAW, 88 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc’y 699
- Alexander Peukert, A Bipolar Copyright System for the Digital Network Environment, 28 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 1
- Alan Story, BURN BERNE: WHY THE LEADING INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT CONVENTION MUST BE REPEALED, 40 Hous. L. Rev. 763
- Antony Taubman, NOBILITY OF INTERPRETATION: EQUITY, RETROSPECTIVITY, AND COLLECTIVITY IN IMPLEMENTING NEW NORMS FOR PERFORMERS’ RIGHTS, 12 J. Intell. Prop. L. 351
- Peter K. Yu, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AT A CROSSROADS: THE USE OF THE PAST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JURISPRUDENCE: CURRENTS AND CROSSCURRENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGIME, 38 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 323
- Graeme B. Dinwoodie, The Development and Incorporation of International Norms in the Formation of Copyright Law, 62 Ohio St. L.J. 733
- IAN R. KERR, ALANA MAURUSHAT AND CHRISTIAN S. TACIT, Technical Protection Measures: Tilting at Copyright’s Windmill, 34 Ottawa L. Rev. 7
- Irene Segal Ayers, THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL COPYRIGHT PROTECTION: HAS COPYRIGHT LAW GONE TOO FAR? 62 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 49
- ANDREW CHRISTIE and ELOISE DIAS, The New Right of Communication in Australia, 27 Sydney L. Rev. 237
- Lance Clouse, Virtual Border Customs: Prevention of International Online Music Piracy within the Ever-Evolving Technological Landscape, 38 Val. U.L. Rev. 109
- WENCKE BASLER, Technological Protection Measures in the United States, the European Union and Germany: How Much Fair Use do We Need in the "Digital World"?, 8 Va. J.L. & Tech. 13
- Michael Mertens, THIEVES IN CYBERSPACE: EXAMINING MUSIC PIRACY AND COPYRIGHT LAW DEFICIENCIES IN RUSSIA AS IT ENTERS THE DIGITAL AGE, 14 U. Miami Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 139
- Thomas Heide, Access Control and Innovation under the Emerging EU Electronic Commerce Framework, 15 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 993
- Nicola Lucchi, Intellectual Property Rights in Digital Media: A Comparative Analysis of Legal Protection, Technological Measures, and New Business Models under EU and U.S. Law, 53 Buffalo L. Rev. 1111
- Matthew D. Asbell, COMMENT AND RECENT DEVELOPMENT: PROGRESS ON THE WIPO BROADCASTING AND WEBCASTING TREATY, 24 Cardozo Arts & Ent LJ 349
- Adler Bernard, The Proposed New WIPO Treaty for Increased Protection for Audiovisual Performers: Its Provisions and Its Domestic and International Implications, 12 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 1089
- Cyrill P. Rigamonti, Deconstructing Moral Rights, 47 Harv. Int’l L.J. 353
- Emily Grant, The Right of Publicity: Recovering Stolen Identities Under International Law, 7 San Diego Int’l L.J. 559
- Lance Clouse, Virtual Border Customs: Prevention of International Online Music Piracy within the Ever-Evolving Technological Landscape, 38 Val. U.L. Rev. 109
- Kara M. Wolke, SEVENTH ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT LAW INITIATIVE ESSAY COMPETITION: Some Catching Up To Do: How the United States, in Refusing to Fully Sign On to the WPPT’s Public Performance Right in Sound Recordings, Fell Behind the Protections of Artists’ Rights Recognized Elsewhere in this Increasingly Global Music Community, 7 Vand. J. Ent. L. & Prac. 411