A User's Guide to Copyright
Published on 19. May 2014
242 pages
978-1-4831-4090-2 (ISBN)
Description
A User's Guide to Copyright is intended as a guide and a reference work on all aspects of copyright, including ownership, transmission, and licensing. This book also deals with the more straightforward copyright problems that arise and explores copyright law as it applies to certain organizations, businesses, and people for whom copyright plays an important part in their daily life, from publishers and printers to libraries, schools, music industry, film industry, television and radio stations, computer software and firmware, and character merchandising. This book is comprised of 29 chapters divided into two sections and begins with an overview of copyright law, paying particular attention to the basic rules of copyright, statutes and statutory instruments, and Copyright Act 1956. The reader is then introduced to copyright works encompassing literature, drama, music, and the arts as well as sound recordings, cinematograph films, and television and radio broadcasts. The following chapters discuss the concept of originality, breach of confidence, and publication in relation to copyright. Infringement of copyright is also considered, along with exceptions and defenses to copyright actions; the law on industrial designs; and the uses of copyright in fields such as publishing, music, libraries, performing arts, and architecture. This monograph is designed to assist people whose work involves them in day-to-day dealings with copyright.
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PrefaceTable of Incidents of CopyrightPart 1 Copyright Law generally Chapter 1 The Nature of Copyright Chapter 2 Copyright Works Chapter 3 Originality Chapter 4 Qualified Persons and Material Form Chapter 5 Passing off and Breach of Confidence Chapter 6 Publication Chapter 7 Term of Copyright Chapter 8 The Restricted Acts Chapter 9 Infringement of Copyright Chapter 10 Exceptions and Defenses to Copyright Actions Chapter 11 The Ownership, Transmission and Licensing of Copyright Chapter 12 International Copyright Chapter 13 Performing Rights, Performers, Mechanical Rights and Moral Rights Chapter 14 Industrial DesignsPart 2 Copyright in Use Chapter 15 Publishers and Printers Chapter 16 Newspapers, Magazines and Periodicals Chapter 17 Libraries Chapter 18 Schools, Universities and other Educational Establishments Chapter 19 Reprography Chapter 20 The Music Industry: Publishers and Composers and the Record Business Part I Publishers and Composers Part II The Record Business How the Copyright in Music and Records Reaches the User Chapter 21 Drama, Ballet and Opera Production Chapter 22 Cinematography Film and Television Film Production Chapter 23 Public Performance - Discotheques, Concert Halls, Cinemas, Theaters, Clubs, Hotels, etc. Chapter 24 Television and Radio Stations Chapter 25 Artists, Photographers, Art Galleries and Art Dealers Chapter 26 Architects and Architecture Chapter 27 Advertising Agencies Chapter 28 Computer Software and Firmware Chapter 29 Character MerchandisingAppendix 1 Relevant OrganizationsAppendix 2 Conventions and International Agreements to which the UK is a PartyAppendix 3 Countries which have Adhered to the Berne Convention and/or Universal Copyright ConventionIndex
