Laddie, Prescott & Vitoria on The Modern Law of Copyright and Designs is now in its Third edition. This edition takes account of important changes from EC directives since the Second edition and reflects current industry practice, with new chapters on technological developments from the design of molecules to the internet.

This book considers a new approach to online copyright infringement. Rather than looking at the subject within a purely technological context, it provides legal analysis from a human perspective. This book highlights that there are three key instances in which the capacity of a human mind intersects with the development of copyright regulation: (1) the development of copyright statutory law; (2) the interpretation of the copyright statutory law the judiciary; and (3) human interaction with new technology. Using a novel framework for constructing digital perspectives, the author, Dr Hayleigh Bosher, analyses the laws relating to online copyright infringement. She provides insights into why the law appears as it does, shedding light on the circumstances of how it came to pass and demonstrates a clear malfunction in the interpretation and application of copyright law to online activities that derives from the disconnect between the technological and the human perspectives. The book proposes putting the human element back into copyright analysis to enable the return of reason where it has been lost, and provide a clearer, more consistent and fair legal regulation of online copyright infringement. Law, Technology and Cognition: The Human Element in Online Copyright Infringement will be of interest to students, academics, researchers, as well as practitioners.

Featured here are the following prizewinning essays in the 1990 and 1991 ASCAP Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition in copyright law: 19901st Prize: Lee D. Neumann, Columbia University School of Law, "The Berne Convention and Droit de Suite Legislation in the United States".2nd Prize: Michael K. Davis-Hall, Harvard Law School, "Copyright and the Design of Useful Articles: A Functional Analysis of 'Separability.'"3rd Prize: Cynthia D. Mann, Harvard Law School, "The Aesthetic Side of Life: The Applied Art/Industrial Design Dichotomy".4th Prize (tie): Jon Clark, University of Maine School of Law, "Copyright Law and Work for Hire: A Critical History".4th Prize (tie): Ted K. Ringsred, William Mitchell College of Law, "Is Anticompetitive Misuse a Defense to Copyright Infringement?"Honorable Mention: Benjamin R. Seecof, University of California -- Hastings College of the Law, "Scanning Into the Future of Copyrightable Images: Computer-Based Image Processing Poses a Present Threat".19911st Prize: Christine L. Chinni, Western New England College School of Law, "Droit D'Auteur Versus the Economics of Copyright: Implications for American Law of Accession to the Berne Convention".2nd Prize: Jonathan Z. King, Harvard Law School, "The Anatomy of a Jazz Recording: Copyrighting America's Classical Music".3rd Prize: Leslie J. Hagin, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, "A Comparative Analysis of Laws Applied to Fashion Works: Renewing the Proposal for Folding Fashion Works Into the United States Copyright Statute".4th Prize: John Gastineau, Indiana University School of Law, "Bent Fish: Issues of Ownership and Infringement in Digitally Processed Images".5thPrize: Montgomery Frankel, University of San Francisco School of Law, "From Kroft to Shaw, and Beyond: The Shifting Test for Copyright Infringement in the Ninth Circuit".

First published in 2001, Art and Copyright has established itself as a leading text in the field. Revised and updated, this third edition includes additional coverage of the following topics: - The relationship between designs law and artistic works; - EU and Brexit developments; - AI-created works; - graffiti and other non-conventional works; - blockchain and rights management; - orphan works; - new exceptions to copyright; and - digital copyright, art databases and online platforms. This book remains an invaluable work for all those involved in art law and for intellectual property lawyers involved with the exploitation and/or sale of artistic works, as well as for intellectual property academics, researchers, law students, curators, publishers, artists, gallery owners, auction houses, and those developing and running online art platforms, databases and technology to transact in art.

A person can lawfully engage in an act restricted by copyright if they have the licence of the copyright owner or if their actions are covered by a statutory exception. However, if a person has the benefit of neither of these, it may still be possible to imply a copyright licence to respond to copyright infringement. In contrast to the rigidity of the statutory exceptions, implied licences are more malleable in being able to respond to a diverse set of circumstances, as the need arises. Thus, implied licences can serve as a flexible and targeted mechanism to balance competing interests, including those of the copyright owners and content users, especially in today's dynamic technological environment. However, implication as a process is contentious, and there are no established principles for implying copyright licences. The resulting uncertainty has prevented implied licences from being embraced more readily by the courts. Therefore, this book develops a methodical and transparent way of implying copyright licences, based on three sources: the consent of the copyright owner; an established custom; and state intervention to achieve policy goals. The frameworks proposed are customised separately for implying bare and contractual licences, where relevant. The book goes on to analyse the existing case law in the light of these frameworks to demonstrate how the court's reasoning can be made methodical and transparent. Underscoring the contemporary relevance of implied licences, this book tests and validates the methodology in relation to three essential and ubiquitous functions on the internet - browsing, hyperlinking, and indexing.

The economic right of a copyright holder to communicate to the public has become an increasingly important and complex issue in recent years, this is partially due to changes in the way that content is accessed and consumed online. This innovative book analyses the right of communication to the public, taking account of what legal standing an autonomous legal concept can hold, and how this is impacted by wider harmonisation efforts at an EU level.

As an archivist or records manager it is essential to keep up to date with the complexities of copyright legislation, and Copyright for Archivists and Records Managers has been described as an ‘unparalleled’ resource for that purpose. What is copyright? Who owns it and for how long? What rights does it confer, and what are the limitations and exceptions? This comprehensive manual uniquely outlines copyright law in the UK with special reference to the unpublished materials commonly found in archive and records collections such as maps, legal records, records of local authorities and parish registers. It also gives comprehensive information on authorship and duration of copyright in older as well as modern works and on the wide range of exceptions and limitations to copyright, particularly those relevant to archivists, records managers, librarians and curators. It offers advice on rights in the electronic environment, moral rights and rights in databases and contains extensive tables of duration of copyright in other countries. The sixth edition of this respected work has been extensively revised and updated, in particular by: revision of the commentaries on the nature of originality in literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and of a substantial part of a copyright work updating of the explanation of how a work of overseas origin qualifies for copyright protection in the UK, to reflect changes to the legislation revision of the commentaries on publication, issue of copies to the public and communication to the public more explanation of the exceptions for quotation, text and data mining, disability, rental and lending, education, broadcasts, access to digital material on the premises and the publication of older unpublished works updating of the charts for the duration of copyright where countries have amended their legislation This book will be useful reading for all archivists and records managers; LIS professionals in libraries, museums and galleries; students, researchers and genealogists.