Copinger and Skone James on Copyright

This 14th edition has been revised both stylistically and structurally to give the reader a comprehensive study of this rapidly expanding area of law. The structure of this edition is built around four fundamental rights: copyright; moral rights; rights performances; and rights in design.

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The 14th edition has been fundamentally revised both stylistically and structurally to give the reader a comprehensive study of this rapidly expanding area of law. An updating supplement published in December 2001 brings you up to date with this area of law. The structure of this edition is built around four fundamental rights: Copyright - many chapters entirely rewritten and all extensively revised, giving a full account of the effects of the increase in the terms of copyright and the new rental and database rights Moral rights - entirely rewritten to explain fully the intricacies and difficulties of the law with which the UK is still having to come to terms Rights performances - entirely rewritten in the light of the new rights stipulated by Directive 92/100/EC Rights in design - entirely rewritten to give a comprehensive account of this vital area of the law in practice. New chapters include industry exploitation of rights, collecting societies and control of rights.
In addition, detailed treatment is given to the other complementary rights which impinge on this field: * The new database right and its relation to compilation copyright * The publication right: how valuable is this new right? * The public lending right: how does it relate to the new rental right * Rights of confidence as an added protection for unpublished works * Goodwill - additional protection for authors and copyright owners in relation to their profession or business * Stopping the circumvention of copy protection devices in the digital age * Fraudulent reception of transmissions in the context of the explosion of broadcasting services * Semiconductor topography right and how it relates to design right