Subjects:

Media and Entertainment Law

Contents:

""Ideas and rights. The law of contract and the law of agency. Creation existence and transfer of copyrights and trade marks. International copyright protection and reversion of copyright. Moral rights. The copyright tribunal performers rights, public lending rights and licensing bodies. The author's contract. Permissions, fair dealing, rights clearances, permitted acts and crown and parliamentary copyright. Publisher's liability. Periodicals and the press. Buying and selling rights. Distribution agreements - the commercial terms. Infringement and enforcement. Termination of contracts and recapture of rights. Insolvency and directors' liabilities. Competition law. The European Commission and Council of Europe. Data Protection. Electronic media and multimedia. Publishing - the future.""

"" This book providing comprehensive guidance on all aspects of law to which those working within the publishing and multimedia industries, or advising them, are likely to need access. A disk containing more than 500 pages of detailed precedent documentation is supplied gratis with each copy of the book. Includes an extensive range of more than 50 precedent documents, annotated clause-by-clause with notes and cross references to the narrative text.""