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2014 BTLJ Comment. 1 (2014)

handle is hein.journals/btljc2014 and id is 1 raw text is: BERKELEY TECHNOLOGY LAW JOURNAL
COMMENTARIES
VOL. 1                                                          MARCH 2014
HOW TO OVERCOME THE NORMAL
EXPLOITATION OBSTACLE:
OPT-OUT FORMALITIES, EMBARGO PERIODS,
AND THE INTERNATIONAL THREE-STEP TEST
Martin Senftlebent
I.    IN T R O D U C T IO N .................................................................................................1
II.   THE TRADITIONAL FOCUS ON EQUITABLE
REMUNERATION AS A FLEXIBILITY TOOL UNDER
THE THREE-STEP TEST .................................................................................4
III. NORMAL EXPLOITATION OBSTACLE TO A FLEXIBLE
T H R E E -ST E P  T E ST  ............................................................................................7
IV.   ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FLEXIBILITY IN
ADOPTING A USE PRIVILEGE...................................................................10
A .   E M BA RG O  P E RIO D S.....................................................................................10
B .   O PT-O UT  FO RM ALITIES  .............................................................................12
C.    USING FLEXIBILITY TOOLS TO PHASE OUT EXCLUSIVE
RIGHTS...........................................................................................................16
V .   C O N C L U S IO N .....................................................................................................19
I.      INTRODUCTION
The initial three-step test in international copyright law was developed at
the 1967 Stockholm Conference for the Revision of the Berne Convention.
C 2014 Martin Senftleben.
t Ph.D.; Professor of Intellectual Property, VU University Amsterdam; Senior
Consultant, Bird & Bird, The Hague.

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