De lagstadgade bestämmelser som reglerar upphovsrättens övergång återfinns i 3 kap. upphovsrättslagen. Från flera håll har kritiska röster väckts om att dessa bestämmelser behöver överses och moderniseras för att hänga med den kontinuerligt pågående utvecklingen av dels teknik men framför allt den upphovsrättsliga marknaden. I samband med detta har Upphovsrättsutredningen sammanställt ett SOU-förslag som benämnts Avtalad upphovsrätt. Där flerstående förslag till förändringar och tillägg utav de nuvarande bestämmelserna ges. Genom detta SOU-förslag har utredningen noggrant granskat och kommit med förslag till bestämmelser som behöver förändras eller införas. Grundtanken har ansetts vara att undersöka huruvida upphovsmännens ställning som avtalsparter bör stärkas på den upphovsrättsliga marknaden. Denna uppsats kommer att granska dessa förslag, sammanställa dem mot de nuvarande bestämmelserna och framför allt diskutera vilken betydelse dessa förslag har för det nuvarande rättsläget och upphovsmännens ställning. / The stipulations that regulate both the economical and non-profitable aspects of copyright transactions are to be found within the third chapter of the Swedish Copyright Law. Critics have claimed that the current regulations regarding copyright transactions are outdated. It has been pointed out that these regulations need to be updated as regarding to the development of the current technology and the changing copyright market. In accordance with these claims, the board investigating the Swedish Copyright Law - issued by the Swedish government – has presented a motion named Contracted copyright. This motion contains several changes and supplements to the current regulations in the third chapter of the Swedish Copyright Law. The board has through this motion investigated whether and to what extent the current regulations need to be changed in accordance with the current development of the copyright market. The general idea has been to investigate whether the copyright authors require an extended protection on the copyright market. Therefore the purpose of this essay has been to investigate these suggested changes to the current regulations. In order to determine whether they serve their suggested purpose and how they will affect the current legal position.

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This thesis analyses legislative and judicial responses to parallel importation, a practice that pits intellectual property rights against the freedom of trade. Parallel importation involves the sale of genuine products holding intellectual property rights which have been imported into a country without the authorization of the IP rightholder. This practice is opposed by those who claim that their rights are infringed. The author examines responses in Canada, the United States of America, and the European Union, and finds that they are not consistent. / The author questions the applicability of using intellectual property rights to stop parallel importation and whether such measures are necessary to protect intellectual property rights and consumer welfare. According to the author, it is more appropriate to address rightholder concerns contractually. Consumer welfare can be assured with a statutory requirement that products have sufficient labelling to prevent confusion as to their origin.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität zu Breslau.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Tübingen, 1974. / Includes bibliographical references (p. viii-xxii).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Aberdeen University, 2009. / Title from web page (viewed on Dec. 1, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2008. Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR51511

Thesis (doctoral)--Universiẗat Münster (Westfalen), 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. ix-xx).

This thesis deals with the way in which copyright law is changing in the digital environment and the mechanisms which are facilitating this change. It deals with these issues by analysing the mechanisms of this change, specifically Digital Rights Management (DRM)Systems and anti-circumvention legislation, and the impact which this change is having on the rights of copyright users. The purpose of copyright is to provide an incentive to authors to continue creating while simultaneously providing a public good in allowing the public to use those creations in certain ways. Copyright achieves this purpose by granting both the author and user certain rights. The author is given a limited monopoly over their work in exchange for allowing this work to enter the public sphere and ensuring that users of that work can utilise that work in certain limited ways. The success of copyright thus rests on maintaining the balance between the rights of these parties. The rise of digital technology has created a situation in which copyright content can be easily copied by any party with a Personal Computer and disseminated around the globe instantly via the Internet. In response to these dangers, copyright owners are making use of DRM systems to protect content. DRM systems include various measures of control within its scope. Theses systems allow for copyright owners to control both access and use of content by copyright users. DRM Systems are not foolproof measures of protection however. Technologically sophisticated users are able to circumvent these protection measures. Thus, in order to protect DRM Systems from circumvention, anti-circumvention legislation has been proposed through international treaties and adopted in many countries. The combined effect of these protection measures are open to abuse by copyright owners and serve to curtail the limited rights of copyright users. The end result of this is that the balance which copyright law was created to maintain is disrupted and copyright law no longer fulfils its purpose. This thesis undertakes an analysis of these issues with reference to how these issues affect copyright users in developing countries. This is done with particular reference to possible approaches to this issue in South Africa as South Africa is a signatory to these anti-circumvention treaties.

Copyright law protection in the US and Europe Abstract The thesis compares copyright in the US and author rights in Europe. The comparison provides historical, theoretical, and international context. The thesis uses national legislation, European acquis, and international agreements. The case law of the EU Court of Justice and the US Supreme Court is used to provide a true picture of current legal regimes. The comparison uses the limits of copyright protection theory. General limits, such as the principles of uniqueness and originality or idea/expression dichotomy, draw the line between protected and unprotected works in selected copyright legislations. The Lockean natural law theory and utilitarian theory are compared to each other from the historical and philosophical points of view. This part of the thesis answers the question of where did these arguments emerge and what is their reason for copyright protection. Subsequently, the thesis introduces Aristotle's teleology as a suitable alternative for developed copyright systems. The following chapter describes international treaties and their role in the standardization of examined copyright systems. The thesis also explores contractual freedom in copyright. This chapter focuses mainly on legal reasons for authors to withdraw from the contract. The next...