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latest round of multilateral trade negotiations.' It then examines the pending proposal to emulate the Council of the European Communities' Directive on harmonizing the term of copyright and certain related rights.' This analysis focuses on the drive for uniformity of copyright lavs and on efforts to improve the condition of authors and artists in general.
The statement find that proposals to extend the term of protection under U.S. law cannot be justified in terms of a drive for uniformity as such, nor do they appear socially desirable in so far as the protection of works made for hire and corporate authors in general are concerned. However, a better case can be made for extending the proprietary rights of traditional artists and authors on the grounds of cultural policy, provided that certain conditions and safeguards are observed. Among the most
* See Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, done at Marrakesh, Morocco, April 15, 1994 [hereinafter Final Act], reprinted in The Results of the Urogoay Roond of Multilateral Trade Negotiations — The Legal Texts 2-3 (GATT Secretariat ed., 1994) [hereinafter Results of THE Uruguay Round]; Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization [hereinafter WTO Agreement], Armex IC: Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Apr. 15, 1994 [hereinafter TRIPS Agreement], reprinted in Results of the Uruguay Round, supra . at 6-19, 365-403. For congressional approval, see Uruguay Round Agreements Act, Pub. L. No. 103-465 [H.R. 5110], Dec. 8, 1994 [hereinafter URAA] , SS 101103 (authorizing President to accept Uruguay Round Agreements and Implement WTO Agreement, supra . art. VIII; but denying treaty status and domestic legal effect to Uruguay Round Agreements as such, and excluding private actions under those Agreements) .
• S&S. Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993, harmonizing the terms of protection of copyright emd certain related rights, [1993] O.J.L. 290/9, reprinted in Sweet & Maxwell's E.C. Intellectual Property Materials 29-35 (A. Boody & A. Horton eds., 1994) [hereinafter E.C. Directive].