A User's Guide to Copyright

✍ Scribed by Michael F. Flint (Auth.)

• Publisher: Butterworths
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 232
• Edition: First Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The new and fully revised edition of this key book is designed to help both practitioners and non-legal professionals understand copyright and design law in the UK, and how it affects you. Split into two easy-to-use sections, with part one containing a detailed breakdown of all relevant UK legislation, and part two applying this legislation to the main industries in which copyright material is commonly exploited. Updated to reflect the emergence of brand-new means of digital exploitation, including peer-to-peer distribution, A User's Guide to Copyright clearly illustrates the scope and relevance of copyright law in the new information technology era

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages vii-viii
Table of incidents of copyright, Pages xi-xvi
1 - The nature of copyright, Pages 3-10
2 - Copyright works, Pages 11-16
3 - Originality, Pages 17-19
4 - Qualified persons and material form, Pages 20-26
5 - Passing off and breach of confidence, Pages 27-31
6 - Publication, Pages 32-33
7 - Term of copyright, Pages 34-37
8 - The restricted acts, Pages 38-40
9 - Infringement of copyright, Pages 41-47
10 - Exceptions and defences to copyright actions, Pages 48-51
11 - The ownership, transmission and licensing of copyright, Pages 52-59
12 - International copyright, Pages 60-62
13 - Performing rights, performers, mechanical rights and moral rights, Pages 63-67
14 - Industrial designs, Pages 68-71
15 - Publishers and printers, Pages 75-82
16 - Newspapers, magazines and periodicals, Pages 83-87
17 - Libraries, Pages 88-94
18 - Schools, universities and other educational establishments, Pages 95-101
19 - Reprography, Pages 102-106
20 - The music industry: publishers and composers and the record business, Pages 107-125
21 - Drama, ballet and opera production, Pages 126-136
22 - Cinematograph film and television film production, Pages 137-151
23 - Public performance—discotheques, concert halls, cinemas, theatres, clubs, hotels, etc., Pages 152-163
24 - Television and radio stations, Pages 164-174
25 - Artists, photographers, art galleries and art dealers, Pages 175-184
26 - Architects and architecture, Pages 185-192
27 - Advertising agencies, Pages 193-196
28 - Computer software and firmware, Pages 197-204
29 - Character merchandising, Pages 205-210
Appendix 1 - Relevant organisations, Pages 211-212
Appendix 2 - Conventions and international agreements to which the UK is a party, Page 213
Appendix 3 - Countries which have adhered to the Berne convention and/or Universal Copyright Convention, Pages 214-216
Index, Pages 217-226