Theory and practice of intellectual property
№ 3 / 2022
ISSN (Print) 2308-0361
ISSN (Online) 2519-2744
PDF (Ukrainian)DOI: https://doi.org/10.33731/32022.262621
Published 2022-08-09
Protection of technical means of protection and information
on rights management in the European Union
Volodymyr Drobyazko
Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-1563
Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of such aspects as protection of technical means of protection and information on the management of rights in the European Union. These protections are provided for the first time in Articles 11 and 12 of the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and Articles 18 and 19 of the WIPO Performance and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). Each of the WIPO treaties contains almost identical provisions obliging Member States to prevent circumvention of technical measures used to protect works, performances, and phonograms and information on rights management.
The implementation of the above provisions of the WCT and the WPPT is devoted to Chapter III «Protection of technological measures and information on rights management» (Articles 6, 7) of Directive 2001/29/EC of 22 May 2001 on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society. Article 6 of the Directive obliges EU Member States to provide adequate legal protection against the circumvention of any effective technical measure by a person who knows or should be aware for obvious reasons that he is pursuing such a goal. According to Article 7 of the Directive, the EU Member States are obliged to provide adequate legal protection against all persons who knowingly commit unlawful acts regarding rights management information.
The provisions of Articles 7 and 8 of the Directive are incorporated into the domestic law of the EU Member States. The article analyses the relevant legal provisions of Germany, Austria, Greece, and Denmark. Thus, the German Law of September 10, 2003 on the Regulation of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society introduced into the Law on Copyright and Related Rights the regime of legal protection of technical means of protection and information on rights management (paragraphs 95a–95d) and remedies rights (p.108b–111a), which prohibits the circumvention of mechanisms designed to protect works and other protected objects from unauthorized control.
In Ukraine, the protection of technical means of protection and information on rights management is provided by the Law on Copyright and Related Rights, Article 1 of which defines the terms «information on rights management» and «technical means of protection», and Article 50 lists illegal acts protection and information on rights management are classified as infringements of copyright and related rights. The subject of copyright or related rights may sue the person who infringes the right to technical remedies and information on rights management.
Keywords: copyright, work, performance, phonogram, technical means of protection, information on rights management, digital networks
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