Intercultural Human Rights Law Review
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Abstract
In the context of copyright law, this article will lay out the differences between Berne Convention tenets and the ideals of a prospective TCE-based legal instrument. It will then go on to outline and comment on current sui generis laws and other approaches that incorporate various aspects of existing Western laws. The TCE topic is highly sensitive and does not cover a homogeneous set of interests. As such, a one-size-fits-all instrument may be very difficult, if not impossible, to distill. The international discussion, at the very least, brings these issues under scrutiny and encourages debate as to a wide range of possibilities. Integral to this discussion, however, is a unified vocabulary. The definition of TCE "protection," for example, has yet to be agreed upon.
Recommended Citation
Molly Torsen,
Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions: A Synopsis of Current Issues,
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Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev.
199
(2008).
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https://scholarship.stu.edu/ihrlr/vol3/iss1/8