The copyright book : a practical guide / William S. Strong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strong, William S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright--United States.

Copyright.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (493 p.)

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edition has been thoroughly updated to cover copyright developments in the law since 2000. There is expanded coverage of infringement and fair use, with detailed discussion of recent decisions, including the Grateful Dead, Google, and HathiTrust cases. It considers such topics as open access, the defeat of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), file sharing, e-reserves, the status of "orphan works," and the latest developments under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It also modernizes explanations of topics such as authorship and ownership; transfers and licenses of copyright; copyright notice; registration of copyright (including the new online registration and "preregistration" systems); the scope of rights included in copyright, and exceptions to those rights; "moral rights"; compulsory licenses; tax treatment of copyright; and international aspects of copyright law. -- Edited summary from book.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1 The Subject Matter of Copyright; 2 Ownership; 3 Transfers and Licenses of Copyright; 4 Copyright Notice; 5 Registration of a Copyright Claim; 6 Rights in Copyrighted Works; 7 The Compulsory Licenses; 8 Infringement; 9 Fair Use; 10 Works Created Before 1978; 11 Tax Treatment of Copyrights; 12 International Copyright Protection; 13 Copyright and the Information Society: A Few Parting Thoughts, and a Glimpse into the Future; Appendix A: Duration Chart; Appendix B: Methods of Affixation and Positions of the Copyright Notice on Various Types of Works

Appendix C: Registration of Computer Programs and DatabasesAppendix D: Description of Works for Preregistration; Appendix E: Warnings of Copyright for Use by Certain Libraries and Archives; Appendix F: Digest of CONFU Draft on Fair Use Guidelines; Appendix G: Standard Fiduciary Copyright Powers; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262323512

0262323516

9780262323505

0262323508

OCLC:

880877990