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Copyright and Multimedia Productsby Irini A. Stamatoudi; William R. Cornish; Francois Dessemontet; Paul Goldstein; Robin Jacob
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 58.00Although multimedia products are highly successful, they are inadequately protected by existing copyright schemes. Stamatoudi considers existing legislation, and chapters treat topics including databases, audiovisual works and computer programs; finally, she offers a model for a European legislative solution. This will interest academics, students, practitioners and copyright policy makers. more...
International Copyrightby Paul Goldstein
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 164.99This book surveys and analyzes the principal legal doctrines affecting copyright practice around the world, in both transactional and litigation settings. It provides a step-by-step methodology for advising clients involved in exploiting creative works in or from foreign countries. Written by one of the most distinguished scholars of copyright both in the United States and abroad, this volume is a unique synthesis of copyright law and practice, taking into account the Berne Convention, the TRIPs Agreement, and the advent of the Internet. National copyright rules on protectible subject matter, ownership, term, and rights are covered in detail and compared from country to country, as are topics on moral rights and neighboring rights. Separate... more...
Pirates of the Digital Millenniumby John Gantz; Jack B. Rochester
Pearson Education 2004; US$ 26.99This is the eBook version of the printed book. Digital piracy. It's a global war -- and it's just begun. Pirates of the Digital Millennium chronicles that war. All of it: media conglomerates vs. teenagers, tech companies vs. content providers, artists battling artists, nations vs. nations, law enforcement vs. organized crime. John Gantz and Jack Rochester cover every side and all the implications. Economics. Law. Ethics. Culture. The players. And above all, the realities -- including the exclusive new findings of a 57-country digital piracy research project. The media universe is shaking to its very foundations. This book helps you make sense of what's happening -- and what's next. more...
The Internationalisation of Copyright Lawby Catherine Seville
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 42.00The history of international copyright law. more...
Digital Media & Intellectual Propertyby Nicola Lucchi
Springer 2006; US$ 129.00Proves an analysis of the technical, commercial and economical development in digital media. This book also describes the impact of business and distribution models, the legal and regulatory framework, social practices and consumer expectations associated with the use, distribution, and control of digital media products. more...
The Legal Protection of Databasesby E. Derclaye
Edward Elgar Publishing 2007; US$ 40.00Examines and compares types of methods available for the protection of investment in database creation in order to find an adequate type and level of protection. more...
Copyright Lawby P. Torremans
Edward Elgar Publishing 2007; US$ 60.00Traces the changes undergone and the challenges faced by copyright, as well as its roots and its diversity. This book brings together a group of copyright scholars who analyze a range of issues and aspects of copyright law, and a multiplicity of perspectives on a single topic. more...
Bootleggingby L Marshall
Sage Publications Ltd. 2005; US$ 40.00A valuable and distinctive contribution to the penumbra debate, refreshingly shedding light on some of the clichés of copyright, and alerting readers to the extra-legal factors that cannot be ignored in any socially-embedded study of copyright' - Stuart Hannabuss, Aberdeen Business School. 'Bootlegging is a smart, provocative and highly readable analysis of the high theory and low practices of music copyright and its transgressors. It is most refreshing to read a sociological analysis of a topic usually left to lawyers and industry apologists. An essential book for anyone who wants to understand the contemporary music industry'. Simon Frith - Professor of Film and Media Studies, University of Stirling. Bootlegs - live concert... more...
Re-thinking Intellectual Propertyby YiJun Tian; Jane Winn
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 39.95This book examines the problems in the current Intellectual Property Rights regime, in the context of digitization, knowledge economy, and globalization. The volume also provides specific theoretical, policy and legislative suggestions for changes which would contribute to the establishment of an international knowledge equilibrium society. more...
The Little Book of Plagiarismby Richard A. Posner
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 11.99A concise, lively, and bracing exploration of an issue bedeviling our cultural landscape–plagiarism in literature, academia, music, art, and film–by one of our most influential and controversial legal scholars. Best-selling novelists J. K. Rowling and Dan Brown, popular historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose, Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree, first novelist Kaavya Viswanathan: all have rightly or wrongly been accused of plagiarism–theft of intellectual property–provoking widespread media punditry. But what exactly is plagiarism? How has the meaning of this notoriously ambiguous term changed over time as a consequence of historical and cultural transformations? Is the practice on the rise, or just... more...









