Volume XIV: Copyright and Industrial Property | Chapter 4 (2006): Neighbouring Rights – National and International Developments

Completed December 2002

Joseph Straus

15. First national attempts due to improvements of authors’ rights. – Even the legislation of those countries which were the first to respond to the needs of performers, phonogram producers and broadcasting organizations lagged far behind technical developments. The approaches chosen also differed considerably as regards the form and content of protection offered, e.g. exclusive rights, rights to remunerat…