Copyright category: 266 books

Through a series of vivid case studies, Authors in Court charts the 300-year-long dance between authorship and copyright that has shaped each institution’s response to changing social norms of identity, privacy, and celebrity. “A literary historian by training, Rose is completely at home in the...

The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled is a watershed development in the fields of intellectual property and human rights. As the first international legal instrument to establish mandatory exceptions to...

Percorso guidato nel diritto d’autore.Questa è la versione rivisitata e aggiornata di uno dei libri di maggior successo per coloro che si approcciano al mondo del diritto d’autore senza provenire da studi specialistici. Si tratta infatti di un libro che, quando fu pubblicato nella sua prima versione...

Questa è la versione rivisitata e aggiornata di uno dei libri di maggior successo per coloro che si approcciano al mondo del diritto d’autore senza provenire da studi specialistici. Si tratta infatti di un libro che, quando fu pubblicato nella sua prima versione (2007), fu appositamente pensato...

Che cosa c’entra Kant con Woody Allen, Amartya Sen con Topolino? E perché un genio come Mozart finì sepolto in una fossa comune del cimitero di Vienna? Il filo che lega questi personaggi – e congiunge le risposte a queste domande – si chiama “copyright”. È un tema che tocca da sempre...

This book is intended as both a primer on intellectual property law and as a general reference for authors, artists, musicians, librarians, entrepreneurs and others interested in learning about intellectual property law and the processes for obtaining copyrights, trademarks and patents in the U.S....

The international battle against Internet pirates has been heating up. Increasingly law enforcement is paying attention to book piracy as ebook publishing gains an ever-larger market share. With this threat to their health and even survival, publishers and authors must act much like the music, film,...

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Intellectual property law in Australia has changed dramatically in the last decade and continues to change. Developments in technology, the rise of the internet, the globalisation of trade and the increasing importance of 'superbrands' – trade marks with global appeal – have all affected the laws...

Licensing of Intellectual Property is the definitive treatise in the field. It provides indepth coverage of not only standard contract provisions, but also the intellectual property, antitrust, misuse, and commonlaw and unauthorized copying issues involved in licensing transactions that are not always...

How did the Depression-era folk-song collector Alan Lomax end up with a songwriting credit on Jay-Z’s song “Takeover”? Why doesn’t Clyde Stubblefield, the primary drummer on James Brown recordings from the late 1960s such as “Funky Drummer” and “Cold Sweat,” get paid for other musicians’...

The contents of Issue 3, January 2013, include: Article, "Politicians as Fiduciaries," by D. Theodore Rave Book Review, "Is Copyright Reform Possible?" by Pamela Samuelson Note, "The SEC Is Not an Independent Agency" In addition, student research explores...

Contents of Volume 124, Number 7 (May 2011) of the Harvard Law Review include: Article, "Article III and the Scottish Judiciary," by James E. Pfander and Daniel D. Birk Book Review, "Constitutional Alarmism," by Trevor W. Morrison Note, "A Justification...

The Harvard Law Review, March 2015, is offered in a digital edition. Contents include: * Article, "Creating Around Copyright," Joseph P. Fishman * Book Review, "Growing Up Outside the Law," Stephen Lee * Book Review, "Property Is the New Privacy: The Coming Constitutional...