Re: WIPO Copyright Treaty Article 11 & Grammar

On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Michael Lean <m.lean[_at_]qut.edu.au> wrote:
>
> On 4/20/98, Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Article 11 of the WIPO Copyright Treaty of 1996 states:
> >
> > "Contracting Parties shall provide adequate legal protection and
> > effective legal remedies against the circumvention of effective
> > technological measures that are used by authors in connection with
> > the exercise of their rights under this Treaty or the Berne
> > Convention and that restrict acts, in respect of their works, which
> > are not authorized by the authors concerned or permitted by law."
>
> I'm also interested in the phrase "the circumvention of effective
> technological measures".
>
> What do they mean by "effective"? Surely if the technological measures
> are effective they can't be circumvented, or if they are circumvented,
> they're ineffective. Or am I missing something obvious?

No, you've arrived at the main point.

Bob Schwartz
<shebam[_at_]access.digex.net> Received on Thu Apr 23 1998 - 12:28:00 GMT