Tony Bennett, Differing diversities - Council of Europe

Reasearch position paper 5The concepts embodied in intellectual property law also exercise an importantinfluence on the international development of cultural policy. Copyright law offersan analytically rigorous framework for protecting the place of culture and its creatorsin modern, industrial life.Scholarship on the relationship between intellectual property and cultural concernssuggests that intellectual property law can contribute greatly to the power andeffectiveness of policies for the promotion of cultural diversity. Many countries andcultures are confronted by the crucial challenge of preserving their cultural identitieswhile embracing participation in the globaliszation of culture – reflected, to agreat extent, in the internationalisation of intellectual property norms. An examinationof how copyright concepts and regulation can serve cultural diversity policieswill assist them substantially in the attainment of this delicate balance.ReferencesAdelman, Martin J. and Sonia Baldia, 1996, Prospects and limits of the patent provisionin the TRIPs Agreement: the case of India, Vanderbilt Journal ofTransnational Law, Vol. 29, pp. 507ff.Alford, William P., 1993, Don’t stop thinking about… yesterday. Why there wasno indigenous counterpart to intellectual property law in Imperial China, Journalof Chinese Law, Vol. 7, pp. 3ff.Barron, Anne, 1998, No other law? Authority, property and Aboriginal art, in L.Bently and S. Maniatis (eds.), Intellectual Property and Ethics, London: Sweetand Maxwell.Berryman, Cathryn A., 1994, Toward more universal protection of intangible culturalproperty, Journal of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 1, pp. 293ff.Blakeney, Michael, 1995, Protecting expressions of Australian Aboriginal folkloreunder copyright law, European Intellectual Property Review, Vol. 9, pp. 442ff.–––––, 1996, Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. A ConciseGuide to the TRIPs Agreement, London: Sweet and Maxwell.Broadbent, Christian L. and Amanda M. McMillian, 1998, Russia and the WorldTrade Organization: will TRIPs be a stumbling block to accession? Duke Journalof Comparative and International Law, Vol. 8, pp. 519ff.Caruthers, Claudia, 1988, International cultural property: another tragedy of theCommons, Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal, Vol. 7, pp. 143ff.Caviedes, Alexander A., 1998, International copyright law: should the EuropeanUnion dictate its development? Boston University International Law Journal,Vol. 16, pp. 165ff.Christie, Andrew, 1995, Reconceptualising copyright in the digital era, EuropeanIntellectual Property Review, No. 11, pp. 522ff.151