A User's Guide to Copyright

by Michael Flint, Clive Thorne, Jonathan Cornthwaite

Overview

A User's Guide to Copyright, Seventh Edition is long established as one of the key texts in the field. Renowned for its practical, user-friendly and authoritative approach and for its practical application to the main copyright using industries, the book is considered essential reading for legal practitioners, copyright law students and - crucially - for those working in the copyright using industries.

Extensively cross-referenced to cases, legislation and leading texts and articles, this book clearly and effectively illustrates and explains the scope and relevance of copyright law in the new digital information era.

Legislation and case law includes:

WIPO Treaties; Number of EU Directives; Enterprise and regulatory Reform Act 2013; Football Association Premier League case (CJEU (C-403/08)); Infopaq (C-302/10); Public Relations Consultants Association v The Newspaper Licensing Agency (C-360/13); ITV v TVCatchup (C-607/11); Da Vinci Code case – Baigent v Random House; Fisher v Brooker 2009 UKHL 41 – the Whiter Shade of Pale case.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526504906
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	12/21/2017
Series:	A User's Guide to... Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	500
File size:	942 KB

About the Author

General Editor: Clive Thorne is Special Counsel at Baker Botts.
Consultant Editor: Michael Flint has written and lectured widely on copyright and entertainment law issues.
Assistant Editor: Jonathan Cornthwaite is a partner at Wedlake Bell LLP and, as well as copyright and other IP law, specialises in IT law, e-commerce law and competition law.
Michael Flint joined Denton Hall&Burgin (now SNR Denton) as an articled clerk in 1951. Apart from the years between 1966 and 1972, when he worked in the film industry as Head of Production in Europe for Paramount Pictures and chairman of London Screen Enterprises, he remained with the firm until he retired in 1994, at which time he was its chairman. Since retirement he has continued his close association with the film and television industries. He has held a number of consultancies and non-executive positions including the chairmanship of the Portman Entertainment Group and of Renaissance Films. He is a deputy chairman of the British Screen Advisory Council. He was chairman of the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Committees of the International Bar Association and of the Council of the Intellectual Property Institute. He was joint chairman of the European Film Industry's GATS Steering Group.

Michael Flint has written and lectured widely on copyright and entertainment law issues. He is the co-author of The User's Guide to Copyright; Intellectual Property: The New Law; and Television by Satellite: Legal Aspects.

He was the Executive Producer of the films “Glastonbury Fayre” and “Can I Help You”.

He is a fellow of The Society of Antiquaries and a Life Vice President of the British Archaeological Association.
Clive practises all areas of IP law including patents, designs, copyright, trade marks and trade secrets. He has a particular interest in the arbitration of IP Disputes. He has been appointed an ICC Arbitrator on an IT dispute and is on the WIPO panel of Arbitrators. He is also on the WIPO panel of experts for domain name disputes and has been on the Nominet panel of experts. He has been involved in many of the leading IP disputes in the UK and overseas. He is particularly experienced in multi-jurisdictional litigation. Clive is admitted in Hong Kong and Australia. He practised in Hong Kong between 1984 and 1987 and continues to retain practice links in Asia.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Copyright law
1 What is copyright?
2 Copyright Works
3 Originality
4 Qualification for protection and international copyright
5 Term of copyright and publication right
6 Restricted acts and acts of secondary infringement
7 Infringement of copyright and remedies
8 Exceptions and defences to copyright actions
9 Ownership, transmission and licensing of copyright
10 Moral rights
11 Rights in Performances
12 Collective management and licensing of copyright: Collecting societies, copyright licensing schemes and the Copyright Tribunal
13 EU law, competition and copyright
14 The protection of databases
Part 2 Copyright in use
15 Publishers and printers
16 Newspapers, magazines and periodicals
17 Schools, universities and other educational establishments
18 Libraries, archives and museums
19 Businesses and the professions
20 The music industry: publishers and composers, artists and record companies
21 Drama, ballet and opera production
22 Film and television production
23 Public performance: discotheques, concert halls, cinemas, theatres, clubs, hotels, etc
24 Networked communications: broadcasting, cable, internet and mobile transmissions
25 Artists, photographers, art galleries, art dealers and museums
26 Architects and architecture
27 Advertising agencies
28 Software
Part 3 Appendices
Appendix 1 Relevant organisations
Appendix 2 Table of Incidence of Copyright

Editorial Reviews

The headings, layout, diagrams and language make this very much a useful practitioner's book. It is easy to use which is tremendously helpful in practice. It lives up to its name-a User's Guide to Copyright. Although it may be practical and helpful, the book also has all the characteristics a reader needs to check thoroughly the relevant case law and statutes. There are full tables of cases and everything else to be expected in a thorough law book.” —European Intellectual Property Review

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