Placing multimedia products within the scope of copyright...........

General introductory comments...........

History of copyright and redefinition of the term...........

The choice between patent and copyright protection...........

Notions relating to multimedia.........

The scope of multimedia works...........

Definition of multimedia works...........

Layers of protection...........

Project participants in the creation of a multimedia product...........

The differences between multimedia products and existing copyright works...........

Traditional literary works...........

Literary works as works of language...........

Depurification of copyright...........

Fixation of literary works...........

Multimedia products and traditional literary works...........

Collections and compilations...........

Traditional approaches to collections and compilations...........

The notion of works as components of a compilation...........

The bond between literary works, compilations and multimedia works...........

Databases...........

The database framework...........

Beyond copyright...........

Multimedia products as databases...........

Audiovisual works as a generic term...........

Composite characteristics of audiovisual works...........

A comparison between audiovisual works and literary works, compilations, databases and computer programs...........

Distinctive features of the regime of protection of audiovisual works 6.5 Multimedia works as audiovisual works...........

Multimedia products and the regime of protection of audiovisual works...........

Computer programs...........

A multimedia work as a computer program...........

Multimedia works and the regime of protection for computer programs...........

Video games as a test case...........

Video games as multimedia works...........

The case-law on video games...........

Video games as a model for other multimedia works...........

Multimedia products and existing categories of copyright works...........

Originality and qualification for copyright protection...........

Qualification of multimedia works according to the type of co-operation of the contributors (the French paradigm)...........

Qualification of multimedia works according to their nature 9.4 A hybrid product in need of a sui generis copyright classification...........

A regime of protection for multimedia products...........

A copyright regime for multimedia products...........

A 'database-style' sui generis regime of protection for multimedia products...........

Collective administration and unfair competition law...........

A regime of protection for multimedia products: a mixture of the regime for films and the sui generis right for databases...........

Wider implications for copyright...........