Preface; Copyright Term Extension: Estimating the Economic Values; Copyright Restoration for Public Domain Works; The 'Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000'; New York Times Co vs Tasini: The US Supreme Court Affirms 'Authorial' Rights in Copyright; Copyright and Fair Use After Acuff-Rose and Texaco; Criminal Copyright Infringement: Proposal to Impose Criminal Liability on Non-Profit Infringers and Felony Liability for Transmissions; Copyright Term Extension and Music Licensing: Review of Recent Developments; Copyright Issues in Online Music Delivery; The Copyright Doctrine of Fair Use and the Internet: Caselaw; Online Service Provider Copyright Liability: Analysis and Discussion of HR 2180 and S1146; Digital Millennium Copyright Act PL 105-304: Summary and Analysis; 'Digital Era Copyright Enhancement Act': Analysis of HR 3048; Copyright Term Extension and Music Licensing: Analysis of Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act and Fairness in Music Licensing Act PL 105-298; Index.

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Nobody denies that the traditional territorial approach to copyright and other intellectual property rights has come under pressure. Yet it persists. Faced with the need to determine the applicable law in cross-border cases, lawyers everywhere wrestle with the implications of the territorial nature of copyright and related rights. In this book Mireille van Eechoud clears the way to the formulation of conflict rules that reflect the purpose of copyright law- to protect creators and stimulate the production and use of information- without reverting to old-fashioned notions of territoriality. She shows how the applicable law can be determined for four distinct legal avenues of intellectual property law: Which exclusive rights exist in an intellectual creation and for how long; Who is considered to own such right; How can these rights be transferred; and What continues infringement of copyright and related rights. Mireille van Eechoud shows how, when each of these questions is approached in the light of the different allocation principles used in modern choice of law, a new clarity begins to emerge that promises in time to build a set of conflict rules well suited to the unprecedented copyright and related rights issues that we find so difficult to resolve today. Her in-depth analysis draws in the classis multilateral conventions and treaties, underlying policies, technological and economic developments, utilitarian grounds versus justice considerations, and issues of infringement in the digital environment. INFORMATION LAW SERIES 12.

This legal reference provides the definitions of various copyrighted works in various media formats as a documented method to distinguish between the different types of works that may have several interpretations by members of the public around the globe. This text also includes the updated amendments enacted by Congress through December 2016. Many specific and niche areas relating to this updated copyright law can be found in the appendices portions. Students, musicians, authors, graphic designers, publishers, attorneys, professors, teachers, business executives, and librarians will be most interested in this updated work. Related products: Business Communications and Publishing collection Other published materials by theLibrary of Congress

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