Restored Copyright

On the subject "restoration of copyright in foreign works" I was interested in opinions on whether producers of copies of works of foreign artists that has been restored following the Uruguay Round 1994 and implemented in January 1996 -- will be considering infringing the artist and his copyright in case their production has started during 1998 -- but the production had been licensed on to them by a third part that has in an earlier stage been producing the copies when the work was in public domain e.g. will the activities carried out by a third party in a period were this production was legal any bearings on the situation of the present producer of copies of works of foreign authors??

Following the answers from the US GATT Delegation a "Reliance Party" e.g. someone who in good faith has been exploiting works in public domain -- will only be covered by the transitional period e.g. 12 months after receipt of NIE when the activities he is carrying out prior to the 1 January 1996 is continued and only in the same extend as was the case before 1 January 1996. Has there been court decisions on the extent of activities necessary for the "Reliance Party" to be covered by the arrangement?    

Calle Ostergaard
<info[_at_]troll-company.dk> Received on Wed Jan 19 2000 - 23:04:24 GMT