Hinweis: Das Buch ist als Band 6 der MMR-Schriftenreihe "Information und Recht", C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, München 1999, erschienen. Es fasst auf 254 Seiten in englischer Sprache die gleichnamige ECLIP-Tagung zusammen, die das Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht im September 1998 organisiert hatte. An dieser Stelle kann nur das englische Inhaltsverzeichnis wiedergegeben werden. Bezüglich einer kurzen Zusammenfassung der Tagungsergebnisse in deutscher Sprache wird auf den Artikel "Immaterialgüterrechtliche Aspekte des elektronischen Handels" verwiesen. |
I. Content Overview (all lectures and discussions)
II. Full Content
I. Content Overview (all lectures and discussions)
II. Full Content
III. Preface
III.1 ECLIP
III.2 Workshop Background
III.3 These Proceeding
III.4 Disclaimer
IV. Workshop Agenda
1 Thomas Hoeren: Introduction to the Workshop
2 Alain Strowel: Introduction to Intellectual Property
Issues in Relation to Electronic Commerce
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Intellectual Property Issues in relation to Associational Tools of the World
Wide Web: Hyperlinks, Inlining, Frames and Meta-information Tags
2.2.1 The technical background
2.2.1.1 What is a hyperlink?
2.2.1.2 Types of links: HREF links, Deep Linking, Inlining, Framing
2.2.1.3 The role of search engines
2.2.1.4 The meta-information tags
2.2.1.5 What is spamdexing?
2.2.2 A few illustrations of hazardous hyperlinking and meta tagging
2.2.2.1 Hyperlinks:
2.2.2.1.1 The Shetland Times Ltd v. Dr. Jonathan Wills case
2.2.2.1.2 The Washington Post Co. v. Total News, Inc. case
2.2.2.1.3 The Ticketmaster Corp. v. Microsoft Corp. case
2.2.2.1.4 The Haftung für links case
2.2.2.1.5 The United Media v. Dan Wallach case (inlining)
2.2.2.2 Meta-tags:
2.2.2.2.1 The Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Terry Welles case
2.2.2.2.2 Additional Cases
2.2.3 The legal issues at stake
2.2.3.1 Limitations to the freedom of creating hyperlinks
2.2.3.1.1 Linking and the freedom of speech
2.2.3.1.2 Implied authorisation of linking
2.2.3.1.2.1 Statements on the Web site
2.2.3.2 Intellectual property issues
2.2.3.2.1 Protection under copyright
2.2.3.2.2 Sui generis right on databases
2.2.3.2.3 Author's moral right and other personality rights
2.2.3.2.4 Trademark
2.2.3.2.5 Unfair competition
2.2.3.3 Tort law
2.2.4 Contractual, technical and practical remedies
2.3 Conclusion
3 Darrell Panethiere: On-Line Copyright Infringement
Liability and the Significance of Recent US Legislation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Development of Liability in the U.S.
3.3 Liability Issues under the Digital Millennium Act
4 Discussion Liability
5 Jon Bing: Copyright in Electronic Commerce and Private
International Law
5.1 Introduction
5.1.1 The Historical Perspective - The Trade of Intellectual Property
5.1.2 The Trade of Intellectual Property in Electronic Commerce
5.1.3 The Historical Perspective - The Development of Copyright
5.2 A Sketch of the Trade in Intellectual Property in the Electronic Environment
5.3 Methods of Solving Questions of Jurisdiction and Applicable Law
5.3.1 Jurisdiction
5.3.2 Choice of Law
5.3.2.1 The Directive on Transnational Television
5.3.2.2 The Directive on Data Protection
5.3.2.3 The Database Directive
6 Jürgen K. Wente: IPR Licensing Agreements in Electronic
Commmerce
6.1 Introduction: Three terms IPR, License and Electronic Commerce
6.1.1 Electronic Commerce
6.1.2 IPR
6.1.3 License
6.2 Licensing in Electronic Commerce
6.2.1 General Problems of Electronic Commerce and IPR Licensing
6.2.2 Cross Boarder Licensing
6.2.3 How and when does the license come into effect?
6.2.3.1 Non-Electronic Mass Licensing
6.2.3.2 Mass Licensing in Electronic Commerce
6.2.4 Regulatory Solutions De Lege Ferenda
6.2.4.1 EC Directive on the protection of consumers in respect of distance
contracts
6.2.4.2 UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
6.2.4.3 The proposed Section 2B-208 of the U.S. Uniform Commercial Code (draft
of April 15, 1998)
6.2.5 Side Look at the Principle of Exhaustion
6.2.6 A Look into the Future: The Imprimatur Business Model
6.3 Résumé
7 Marie-Thérèse Huppertz: Electronic Software Licensing in
Practise
7.1 What Forms of Electronic Software Licensing Take Place Today?
7.1.1 Local-Area Network Licenses
7.1.2 Direct Internet Downloads
7.1.3 Third-Party Electronic Licensing and Distribution
7.2 What Legal Issues Arise in Electronic, Rather than Physical, Distribution of
Software?
7.2.1 Not Substantially Different from Physical Distribution
7.2.2 Normal Legal Rules Apply, with Practical, Technological Peculiarities
7.3 What Issues Arise with Respect to Contract Validity?
7.3.1 General Rule
7.3.2 German Formulation of this Rule
7.3.3 Electronic Transactions as a "Writing"
7.3.4 "Shrink-Wrap Licensing"
7.3.5 "Click-Wrap" Licensing
7.3.6 German Approach to "Click-Wrap"
7.3.7 EU Distance Selling Directive
7.3.8 US Law Proposals (UCC 2B)
7.4 What Issues Arise with Respect to Court Enforceability of Electronic
Contracts?
7.4.1 General Remarks
7.4.2 International Rules
7.4.3 Remaining Restrictions on Computer Evidence
7.4.4 German Situation: Some Practical Experience
7.4.5 Some Cases Have Found Electronic Agreements Enforceable
7.4.6 Normal Rules on Consumer Protection, Distant Selling and Product
Guarantees Apply
7.5 What Issues Arise Regarding the Authenticity of Contracting Parties'
Signatures?
7.5.1 Problems of Signature
7.5.2 Digital Signatures under German Law
7.5.3 EU Digital Signatures Directive
7.6 What Copyright Principles Underlie Electronic Contracting?
7.6.1 Electronic Distribution of Software Depends on Underlying Copyright
Protection
7.6.2 Copyright Traditionally Covered "Tangible" Copies
7.6.3 Temporary Copies Are Now Direct Economic Substitutes for Tangible Copies
7.6.4 Example of On-Line Use of Software
7.6.5 Other Practical Differences Arising from On-Line Distribution
7.6.6 Protection under German Law
7.6.7 Extent to Which the German Reproduction Right Extends to Temporary Copies
of Other Works
7.6.8 The New WIPO Copyright Treaty
7.6.9 The New EU Copyright Directive
7.7 How Can One Enforce Rights against Unauthorized Electronic Distribution?
7.7.1 Is it Possible to Enforce Copyright on the Internet?
7.7.2 What Country's Laws Apply to Cross-Border Copyright Violations?
7.7.2.1 National Treatment Typically Applies
7.7.2.2 Extraterritorial Acts May Be Challenged
7.7.3 Are Telecommunications Carriers, Internet Service Providers, or Other
Intermediaries Liable for Unauthorized Electronic Distribution?
7.7.4 The "Washington Compromise" in the US WIPO Treaty Implementing Legislation
(US Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998)
7.7.5 Intended Directive Proposal on Liability
7.7.6 Trend: Knowledge (Actual or Constructive) and "Take Down" Rule on
Service-Provider Liability
8 Discussion Single Licensing
9 Jens Gaster: New challenges for EU copyright law: computer
programs, databases, multimedia, ... what next? The Proposal for an EC Directive
on the Harmonization of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the
Information Society
9.1 Overview: Legislative Development
9.2 Main Issues in Electronic Commerce
9.2.1 The Software Directive
9.2.2 The Database Directive
9.2.3 The Proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on the
harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights
9.2.4 The Vienna Conference "Creativity and Intellectual Property Rights:
Evolving Scenarios and Perspectives"
10 Ulrich Wuermeling: The EC Directive Proposal: A Business
Consumers' Point of View
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Business Use of Copyright Protected Material
10.2.1 The Micro-Economic View
10.2.2 The Macro-Economic View
10.3 Consequences for the Directive
10.3.1 Copyright versus Contract
10.3.2 Single licensing versus collective licensing
10.3.3 Fair use versus fair fee
11 Discussion Statutory Licensing
12 Ute Decker: Limits to Contractual Freedom and Ways of
Dispute Settlement for a More Flexible Licensing Scheme
12.1 Position of Collecting Societies
12.2 Limitations to Contractual Freedom of Collecting Societies
12.3 Dispute Settlement
13 Intermediate Discussion I
14 Martin Schippan: The Initiative for a European Clearing
Agency Multimedia
14.1 Background of the VERDI project
14.2 The Project's Aim
14.3 The Project's Objectives
14.4 The Project's Structure
14.5 Possible Obstacles
14.6 The Project's Envisioned Results
14.7 Résumé
15 Erik Terheggen: The Role of Collecting Societies in
Electronic Commerce
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Tasks of Collective Societies in a Digital Environment
15.3 Changes to the Role of Collecting Societies
15.4 Future Tasks of Collecting Societies
15.5 Collecting Societies' Needs
15.6 Projects to Define the Future Role of Collecting Societies
16 Clemens Rasch: The Role of Collecting Societies in
Electronic Commerce II
16.1 Introduction
16.2 What is the Difference Between the Exploitation of Sound Recordings by
Physical Means and by Wway of Electronic Commerce?
16.3 The BIEM Model
16.4 New Challenges for Collecting Societies
17 Intermediate Discussion II
18 Thomas Hoeren: A Future Perspective of Clearing Agencies
18.1 Current Problems of collecting Societies
18.1.1 Balance of Single and Collective Licensing
18.1.2 Collecting Societies and Anti-Trust Law
18.1.3 Problems of Private International Law
18.2 The Place for Collecting Societies in an On-Line World
18.2.1 Importance of Collecting societies
18.2.2 Collecting Societies as Subsidiary Administrators of Rights
18.2.3 Chances of Experimenting
18.2.4 Supervision of Collecting Societies
18.2.5 Internationalisation of Collecting Societies
18.3 The Future of Collecting Societies
19 Discussion Collective Licensing
20 Timothy Trainer: Protection of Domain Names: The US
American Perspective
20.1 US Jurisdiction in Cases which Involved Cyber-Squatters
20.2 US Jurisdiction in other Domain Name Conflicts
20.3 Recent jurisdictional development
20.4 Reasons that promote Cyber-Piracy
20.5 International Discussion Process
21 Michael Schneider: Development of DNS
21.1 Introduction
21.2 History of the DNS
21.3 Legal aspects of the DNS
21.4 DNS "wars"
21.4.1 The courts opening the Pandora's box
21.4.2 NSI vs. IANA
21.4.3 Government's involvement
21.5 The IFWP-process
21.6 Conclusions
22 Discussion Registration and Protection of Domain Names
23 Séverine Dusollier: Legal and Technical Aspects of
Electronic Rights Management Systems (ERMS)
23.1 Introduction
23.2 What are Electronic Copyrights Management Systems?
23.3 Legal Issues
23.3.1 Balance of Rights in the Information Society
23.3.2 Existing Legal Protection of Electronic Rights Management Systems
23.3.3 Legal Initiatives for Protecting Technical Measures
23.4 Annex: Texts of Legal Initiatives for Protecting Technical Measures
23.4.1 WIPO TREATIES
23.4.2 European Regulatory framework
23.4.2.1 Proposed Directive on Copyright
23.4.2.2 Proposed Directive on conditional access
23.4.3 US DIGITAL MILLENIUM ACT, (enacted on the 8th of October 1998) chapter 12
of the Copyright Act, section 1201
24 Discussion Technical Aspects of IPR
25 Thomas Hoeren, Jan Kaestner: Conclusion
25.1 Practical Solutions for IPR Protection
25.2 Regulatory Solutions IPR Protection
25.3 Resulting Fields of Research
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