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26 Legal Issues of Eur. Integration [i] (1999)

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THE INFORMATION SOCIETY AND THE HARMONISATION OF
COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS: (OVER)STRETCHING
THE LEGAL BASIS OF ARTICLE 95(100A)?
By MARC BONOFACIO
1.   Introduction   ..................................................................................... 1
II.   Competence of the Community to Harmonise Intellectual
Property  ........................................................................................   3
A. Property Rights vs. Common Market .................................... 3
B. The Interplay Between Articles 30 and Articles 295
(36  and  222)   ........................................................................   6
C. Article 295 (222) and Primary Legislation ............................ 6
D. Article 295 (222) and Secondary Legislation ........................ 8
III.   Harmonisation of Copyright and Related Rights ....................... 11
A .  H arm onisation ......................................................................  12
B. Harmonisation Before and After the Single European
A ct  .......................................................................................  14
C. Treaties of Maastricht and Amsterdam ................................ 17
D. Methods of Harmonisation ................................................. 19
E.   N ew  Approach    ..................................................................... 21
F.   Harmonisation of Copyright and Related Rights ................. 23
IV.    Harmonisation of Copyright and Related Rights in the
Inform  ation  Society ...................................................................  26
A. The Information Society and the Common Information
A rea  .....................................................................................  26
B. The Regulatory Framework of the Information Society .......... 27
C. Rationale of the Regulatory Framework .............................. 28
D. The Database Directive ....................................................... 31
E. The Digital Agenda ............................................................. 33
F.   The Proposals for the Directive on the Harmonisation
of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights
in the Information Society ................................................... 35
1. The Reproduction Right ................................................. 36
2. The Right of Communication to the Public ................... 38
3. The Distribution Right .................................................. 40
4. Exceptions to the Restricted Acts Set Out in
Articles  2, 3  and  4  .......................................................  41
5. Protection of Technical Measures, Rights-
Management Information and Common Provisions ........... 43
G. Critical Remarks on Matters Dealt With by the
Proposal ............................................................................... 44
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