A User's Guide to Copyright

The new and fully revised seventh edition of this key book is designed to help both practitioners and non-legal professionals understand copyright and design law in the UK.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Flint, Michael
Other Authors: Thorne, Clive, Cornthwaite, Jonathan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
Edition:7th ed.
Series:A User's Guide to... Ser.
Subjects:
Copyright > Great Britain.
Droit d'auteur > Grande-Bretagne.
Copyright
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • How to use the User's Guide
  • Glossary of terms commonly used in the User's Guide
  • Table of statutes
  • Table of statutory instruments
  • Table of cases
  • Part 1 Copyright law
  • 1 What is copyright?
  • Introduction
  • The basic principles of copyright
  • The nature of copyright
  • Copyright and intellectual property generally
  • The CDPA
  • Statutory instruments
  • Orders in Council
  • EU law
  • International conventions
  • Case law
  • Passing off, breach of confidence and privacy
  • The history of copyright in the UK
  • The structure of the CDPA
  • Copyright and Freedom of Expression: the Human Rights Act 1998
  • 2 Copyright Works
  • Introduction
  • Literary works
  • Dramatic works
  • Musical works
  • Literary, dramatic and musical works
  • fixation
  • Artistic works
  • Sound recordings
  • Films
  • Broadcasts
  • Cable programmes
  • Published editions of works
  • Only 'works' protected
  • Real life events
  • Format rights
  • Image personality rights and copyright distinguished
  • Public policy and the denial of protection
  • 3 Originality
  • Generally
  • Titles and names
  • Photographs
  • Abridgements and arrangements
  • Independent creation
  • Identical subject matter
  • 4 Qualification for protection and international copyright
  • Qualification
  • General
  • Author: 'material time'
  • Author: 'qualifying person'
  • Qualification in country of first publication
  • The meaning of 'publication'
  • Acts not constituting publication
  • Broadcasts
  • qualification for copyright protection by reference to the place of transmission
  • Extension of the CDPA overseas
  • Application of the CDPA overseas to foreign works
  • Denial of copyright protection
  • Territorial waters, continental shelf, ships, aircraft and hovercraft
  • International copyright: the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention
  • The 'national treatment' principle
  • The principles of 'minimum standards' and 'reciprocity'
  • Differences between the Berne Convention and the UCC
  • Copyright symbol
  • Other international copyright Conventions and agreements
  • (a) The Rome Convention
  • (b) The Phonograms Convention
  • (c) The WTO, TRIPS and GATS
  • (d) The WIPO Treaties
  • Summary
  • 5 Term of copyright and publication right
  • Introduction
  • Literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works
  • Unpublished literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works
  • Computer-generated works
  • Sound recordings
  • Copyright in sound recordings made before 1 August 1989
  • Films made before 1 June 1957
  • Films made between 1 June 1957 and 1 August 1989
  • Films made after 31 December 1995
  • Broadcasts
  • Published editions
  • Anonymous and pseudonymous, literary, dramatic and artistic works (except photographs)
  • Unpublished works
  • publication right
  • The qualification for publication right
  • Period of publication right
  • Application of copyright provisions to publication right

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