Calling for simplicity in copyright

Director General of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation), Francis Gurry talks about the
'complex' nature of copyright. In an age of convergence, do we still need such a differentiated
treatment of so many categories of works and rights?

About Francis Gurry
Francis Gurry began his WIPO career in 1985, initially in the Development Cooperation and External Relations Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. He was instrumental in establishing the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center in 1994 and subsequently in developing the highly successful Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. He served on the WIPO top management team from 1997, initially as Assistant Director General, then from 2003 as Deputy Director General.
Before joining WIPO, Francis Gurry practiced as an attorney in Australia, and taught law at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He holds law degrees from the University of Melbourne and a Ph.D from the University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of numerous publications and articles on intellectual property issues in international journals.

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[lazarus14]

The application of cosmetics – used as a metaphor in one of our precedent comments that was flagged by You-tube as spam – was to consolidate the point raised by the other accompanying comment. The point being made by both comments (as one entity) was to highlight the fact that the VALUE of an original artistic work is not necessarily increased by adding CONTENT to it.

[lazarus14]

Adding material to an original film script (e.g.) to make sure that the finished product has an overall screen duration of exactly, say, 90 minutes, does not necessarily improve the QUALITY of the said film script by simply adding trivia to it … for the sole purpose of generating QUANTITY.

[lazarus14]

The convergence of CONTENT (as Dr. Gurry mentions) into one single artistic work, invites a proper evaluation of each and every individual component that makes up the finished artistic work. The value of a multiple CONTENT work, therefore, does not rely necessarily on the VOLUME of any of its individual components, but principally on the QUALITY – and not on the QUANTITY – of each and every individual component.