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Audiovisual Work in the Member States of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)
Author(s) -
Ngombé Laurier Yvon
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of world intellectual property
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1747-1796
pISSN - 1422-2213
DOI - 10.1111/j.1422-2213.2006.00286.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , intellectual property , member states , transposition (logic) , property (philosophy) , state (computer science) , law and economics , space (punctuation) , political science , law , business , sociology , international trade , computer science , engineering , european union , artificial intelligence , epistemology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , algorithm , operating system
Copyright law in the member states of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) is not supposed to be standardized but harmonized. As a result, many differences remain between national laws of “OAPI space”. Some of those differences could be reduced by the transposition of regional rules. Such is the case notably concerning audiovisual work. Although the rules regarding this work differ from one state to another, audiovisual work is subjected to particular rules in all OAPI countries. It may be asked whether these specific rules are always justified.