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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
535 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Law & Legal Studies, Association of American Publishers" Peter Baldwin is professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Global Distinguished Professor at New York University.
Today's copyright wars can seem unprecedented. Sparked by the digital revolution that has made copyright-and its violation-a part of everyday life, fights over intellectual property have pitted creators,...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xiv, 199 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Reclaiming Fair Use begins by surveying the landscape of contemporary copyright law--and the dampening effect it can have on creativity--before laying out how the fair-use principle can be employed to avoid copyright violation. Finally, Aufderheide and Jaszi summarize their work with artists and professional groups to develop best practice documents for fair use and discuss fair use in an international context. Appendixes address common myths about...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Copyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to photographs of your dining table. At this very moment, battles are raging over copyright in the output of artificial intelligence programs. Not only books but wallpaper, computer programs, pop songs, cartoon characters, snapshots, and cuddly toys are now deemed to be intellectual properties--making copyright a...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xi, 201 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by Strunk & White's The Elements of Style, this elegant, short reference is the perfect guide for screenwriters and creative artists looking to succeed as industry professionals. Readers will quickly understand the laws that govern creativity, idea-making, and selling, and learn how to protect themselves and their works from the legal quagmires they may encounter. Written by an unrivaled pair of experts, John L. Geiger and Howard Suber,...
8) Goodbye girl
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A Miami criminal defense lawyer helps a Grammy-winning popstar who signed an onerous contract as a teen that leaves her ex-husband with all her royalties.
Publisher
Association of Research Libraries
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
32 p. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This is a code of best practices in fair use devised specifically by and for the academic and research library community. It enhances the ability of librarians to rely on fair use by documenting the considered views of the library community about best practices in fair use, drawn from the actual practices and experience of the library community itself." -- p. 3.
Author
Language
English
Description
"For more than twenty-five years, All you need to know about the music business has been regarded as the definitive guide to the music industry. Now in its tenth edition, Donald Passman leads novices and experts alike through what has been the most profound change in the music business since the days of wax cylinders and piano rolls: streaming. For the first time in history, music is no longer monetized by selling something--it's monetized by how...
Author
Publisher
McSweeney's
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxv, 162 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow's Information Doesn't Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This is a book about the pitfalls and the opportunities that creative industries (and individuals) are confronting today - about how the old models have failed or found new footing,...
16) Copyright questions and answers for information professionals: from the columns of Against the Grain
Author
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xiii, 284 p. ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
With expert answers to real questions asked by librarians over the last 15 years, this book presents updated versions of the popular copyright Q&A column from Against the Grain, the leading periodical in acquisitions librarianship. The author, Laura N. "Lolly" Gasaway, is the Paul B. Eaton Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She has selected the questions and answers that have general applicability and then...
Author
Publisher
American Library Association
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
3rd ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 192 p. : ill., forms ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The advancement of innovative education, librarianship, and scholarship has become increasingly entangled with copyright law. Research and education seem to be routinely reinvented with the creation of new software and technological devices. Private agreements are becoming a dominant force on the shape of legal rights and responsibilities.
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