Understanding Copyright

Author : Marshall A. Leaffer
Publisher : LexisNexis/Matthew Bender
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062034934

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Understanding Copyright Law by Marshall A. Leaffer Pdf

The primary focus of this comprehensive text is on the Copyright Act of 1976 & the developing case law in our digital age & networked environment. Copyright law is presented in its institutional, economic & historical contexts. Its relationship with other areas of intellectual property law is explored. explores the latest statutory changes, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, & the Sonny Bono Term Extension Act recently passed by Congress. This highly effective text provides students with the necessary background & current doctrine to analyze copyright problems properly.

Author : Bethany Klein,Giles Moss,Lee Edwards
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473911796

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Understanding Copyright by Bethany Klein,Giles Moss,Lee Edwards Pdf

Digital technology has forever changed the way media is created, accessed, shared and regulated, raising serious questions about copyright for artists and fans, media companies and internet intermediaries, activists and governments. Taking a rounded view of the debates that have emerged over copyright in the digital age, this book: Looks across a broad range of industries including music, television and film to consider issues of media power and policy. Features engaging examples that have taken centre stage in the copyright debate, including high profile legal cases against Napster and The Pirate Bay, anti-piracy campaigns, the Creative Commons movement, and public protests against the expansion of copyright enforcement. Considers both the dominant voices, such as industry associations, and those who struggle to be heard, including ordinary media users, drawing on important studies into copyright from around the world. Offering media students and scholars a comprehensive overview of the contemporary issues surrounding intellectual property through the struggle over copyright, Understanding Copyright explores why disagreement is rife and how the policymaking process might accommodate a wider range of views.

Author : Linda A. Tancs
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105134461180

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Understanding Copyright Law by Linda A. Tancs Pdf

Resource added for the Paralegal program 101101 and Paralegal Post-Baccalaureate diploma 311101.

Author : World Intellectual Property Organization
Publisher : WIPO
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789280512656

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Understanding Copyright and Related Rights by World Intellectual Property Organization Pdf

This booklet is intended to provide an introduction for non-specialists or new-comers to the subject of copyright and related rights. It explains in layman's terms the fundamentals underpinning copyright law and practice. It describes the different types of rights which copyright and related rights law protects, as well as the limitations on those rights. And finally it briefly covers transfer of copyright and provisions for enforcement.

Author : World Intellectual Property Organization
Publisher : WIPO
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789280527995

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Understanding Copyrights and Related Rights by World Intellectual Property Organization Pdf

This booklet provides an introduction for newcomers to the subject of copyright and related rights. It explains the fundamentals underpinning copyright law and practice, and describes the different types of rights which copyright and related rights law protects, as well as the limitations on those rights. It also briefly covers transfer of copyright and provisions for enforcement.

Author : Canada. Industry Canada,Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Copyright
ISBN : MINN:31951D01158918N

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A Guide to Copyrights by Canada. Industry Canada,Canadian Intellectual Property Office Pdf

Author : Marshall A. Leaffer
Publisher : Irwin Professional Publishing
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Copyright
ISBN : UCAL:B4346194

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Understanding Copyright Law by Marshall A. Leaffer Pdf

The primary focus of this comprehensive text is on the Copyright Act of 1976 & the developing case law in our digital age & networked environment. Copyright law is presented in its institutional, economic & historical contexts. Its relationship with other areas of intellectual property law is explored. explores the latest statutory changes, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, & the Sonny Bono Term Extension Act recently passed by Congress. This highly effective text provides students with the necessary background & current doctrine to analyze copyright problems properly.

Author : Eric A. Thorn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015019181133

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Understanding Copyright by Eric A. Thorn Pdf

Author : World Intellectual Property Organization
Publisher : WIPO
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789280525885

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Understanding Industrial Property by World Intellectual Property Organization Pdf

This booklet provides an introduction for newcomers to the subject of industrial property. It explains the principles underpinning industrial property rights, and describes the most common forms of industrial property, including patents and utility models for inventions, industrial designs, trademarks and geographical indications.

Author : Tom W. Bell
Publisher : Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780989219389

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Intellectual Privilege by Tom W. Bell Pdf

A consensus has recently emerged among academics and policymakers that US copyright law has fallen out of balance. Lawmakers have responded by taking up proposals to reform the Copyright Act. But how should they proceed? This book offers a new and insightful view of copyright, marking the path toward a world less encumbered by legal restrictions and yet richer in art, music, and other expressive works. Two opposing viewpoints have driven the debate over copyright policy. One side questions copyright for the same reasons it questions all restraints on freedoms of expression, and dismisses copyright, like other forms of property, as a mere plaything of political forces. The opposing side regards copyrights as property rights that deserve—like rights in houses, cars, and other forms of property—the fullest protection of the law. Each of these viewpoints defends important truths. Both fail, however, to capture the essence of copyright. In Intellectual Privilege, Tom W. Bell reveals copyright as a statutory privilege that threatens our natural and constitutional rights. From this fresh perspective come fresh solutions to copyright’s problems. Published by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Author : Daniel A. Crowl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470925201

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Understanding Explosions by Daniel A. Crowl Pdf

There are many different types of explosions, each with its own complex mechanism. Understanding explosions is important in preventing them. This reference provides valuable information on explosions for everyone involved in the operation, design, maintenance, and management of chemical processes, helping enhance understanding of the nature of explosions and the practical methods required to prevent them from occurring. The text includes: Fundamental basis for explosions Explosive and flammable behavior and characteristics of materials Different types of explosions Fire and explosion hazard recognition Practical methods for preventing explosions or minimizing the potential consequences Additional references Understanding Explosions provides a practical understanding of explosion fundamentals, including the different types of explosions, the explosive and flammable behavior of materials, and the hazards related to fires and explosions. It also discusses practical methods to prevent and minimize the probability and consequence of an explosion during routine use of flammable, combustible and/or reactive materials.

Author : Laura N. Gasaway
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781557536396

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Copyright Questions and Answers for Information Professionals by Laura N. Gasaway Pdf

"Copyright law is a critical issue for authors, librarians, publishers, and information vendors. It is also a complex area, with many shades of gray. Librarians continually need to seek answers to questions ranging from the reproduction of copyrighted works for library users, through the performance of audiovisual works, to the digitization and display of protected works on library websites. This book presents updated versions of the author's copyright columns published in Against the Grain, the leading journal in acquisitions librarianship since the late 1990s. The volume is presented in question-and-answer format. The questions are real, submitted by librarians, educators, and other information professionals who have attended the author's copyright law workshops and presentations or submitted them to her by e-mail or telephone. The author has selected the questions and answers that have general applicability. She has then arranged them into logical chapters, each prefaced by a short introduction to the topic. Because it is written in an accessible and clear style, readers may want to review the entire work or they can just access particular chapters or even specific questions as they need them. The volume includes an index to facilitate reference use."--

Author : John Hartley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136105883

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Understanding News by John Hartley Pdf

News depends for its effect on a culturally shared language, and this book concentrates on ways we can decode its messages without simply reproducing their underlying assumptions.

Author : Jessica Litman
Publisher : Maize Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Law
ISBN : 160785418X

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Digital Copyright by Jessica Litman Pdf

I completed the original manuscript of Digital Copyright in 2000, two years after Congress enacted the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The 1976 Copyright Act was itself 24 years old, and beginning to show its age. The Internet, in contrast, was still new and shiny and scary, especially for legacy entertainment and information businesses and the copyright lawyers who represented them.Seventeen years later, the Internet has become an essential feature of all of our lives and the copyright laws designed to tame it seem elderly and barnacle-encrusted. Remarkably, the legislative process that has made sensible copyright law reform all but impossible has stayed largely unchanged. Congress and the Copyright Office have recently launched what is billed as a comprehensive reexamination of copyright law with the goal of overhauling the law for the 21st century. It seems likely that these efforts will hew to the patterns of earlier copyright revision. Perhaps we stick with the tried and true approach to making copyright laws, even though it results in bad laws, because the process works so well for so many of the participants. Members of Congress can rely on affected industries to come up with broadly acceptable compromises, and to take on much of the burden of pressuring other interested groups to swallow them. Meanwhile, Senators and Representatives can continue to collect generous campaign contributions. The Copyright Office can be the center of attention as it plays a crucial role in managing the multilateral negotiations and interpreting their results to Congress. Copyright lobbyists and trade organizations can collect hefty fees from their members, in return for supplying them with laws that will give them competitive advantages against the next new thing, whatever it is. Because the laws that emerge from this process don't work very well, meanwhile, everyone can look forward to another round.Although the book is ancient in Internet time, people seem to have continued to read it. Now that it has finally gone out of print, I'm delighted to be able to make it more freely available under a Creative Commons license. In addition to the Afterword that I wrote for the 2006 paperback edition, I have included a postscript looking back briefly on what, if anything, we might have learned from the aftermath of the stories told in this book.Postscript is available at: 'https://ssrn.com/abstract=2968546' https://ssrn.com/abstract=2968546.

Author : Alfons Josef Schuster
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319590905

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Understanding Information by Alfons Josef Schuster Pdf

The motivation of this edited book is to generate an understanding about information, related concepts and the roles they play in the modern, technology permeated world. In order to achieve our goal, we observe how information is understood in domains, such as cosmology, physics, biology, neuroscience, computer science, artificial intelligence, the Internet, big data, information society, or philosophy. Together, these observations form an integrated view so that readers can better understand this exciting building-block of modern-day society. On the surface, information is a relatively straightforward and intuitive concept. Underneath, however, information is a relatively versatile and mysterious entity. For instance, the way a physicist looks at information is not necessarily the same way as that of a biologist, a neuroscientist, a computer scientist, or a philosopher. Actually, when it comes to information, it is common that each field has its domain specific views, motivations, interpretations, definitions, methods, technologies, and challenges. With contributions by authors from a wide range of backgrounds, Understanding Information: From the Big Bang to Big Data will appeal to readers interested in the impact of ‘information’ on modern-day life from a variety of perspectives.