About this product: Intellectual Property Law, third edition is a thorough guide to the four fields of intellectual property law; trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. The comprehensive overviews of each field are complemented by sample agreements, checklists, and other practical guides throughout the book. Each chapter contains updated case studies, and engaging trivia to engage students and provide real world insight into the field of intellectual property law. The third edition now features invaluable resources that students will refer to throughout their careers, such as useful Intellectual Property websites, internet research questions, information on emerging issues in the field, and an "Ethics Edge" section that relates to ethical issues raised in the chapter.
About this product: Coverage ranges from the fundamental concepts of originality, authorship, and infringement, to the highly technical rules governing digital phonorecord deliveries and digital public performance rights in sound recordings, the safe harbor provisions that limit the liability of internet service providers, and the anti-circumvention and copyright management information provisions of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. The ever-evolving doctrines of fair use and contributory liability are given thorough attention.
About this product: <p> <b>Examples & Explanations: Copyright,</b> now in its <b>Second Edition</b> , offers a clear and concise overview of an increasingly complex field of law. Experienced authorship, combined with the proven-effective<i> Examples & Explanations</i> pedagogy, ensures that your students will be able to firmly grasp central concepts and get the full benefit from their classroom experience and assigned reading. </p> <ul> <li> <b>thorough coverage of Copyright Law</b> that includes both national and international contexts, as well as theory </li> <li> <b>a building-block approach to presenting new concepts</b>; examples graduate from simple to more complex </li> <li> <b>up-to-date Supreme Court cases and legislation </b> </li> <li> <b>coverage of developing judicial interpretation</b>, such as originality, the idea/expression distinction, fair use, ownership, and scope of exclusive rights </li> <li> <b>engaging topics</b>, such as music, open source licensing, and Internet issues </li> <li> <b>brief treatment of related state law doctrines</b>, such as misappropriation, rights of publicity, idea submissions, and federal preemption </li> <li> <b>modular chapters</b> that may be referenced or studied in any order </li> </ul> <p> <b>Updated throughout, the Second Edition includes:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>new developments regarding Internet service providers,</b> such as liability and subpoenas for users’ activity and take-down procedures </li> <li> <b>minimum statutory damages</b> for downloading music </li> <li> <b>coverage of originality,</b> such as copyright in forms and digital images of public domain works </li> <li> <b>DMCA anticircumvention provisions</b>, such as new exemptions and cases protecting legitimate uses of copyright protected works </li> <li> <b>First Amendment limits </b>on Congress’s power to expand copyright protection </li> <li> <b>international issues</b>, such as restoration of copyright for foreign works, and scope of protection abroad for US works </li> <li> <b>copyright protection for databases, software, and orphan works</b> </li> <li> <b>consumers licensing</b>—such as click-through copyright licenses and arbitration clauses </li> <li> new material on <b>fair use</b>: <ul> <li> thumbnail images in search engines </li> <li> Google Book case </li> <li> Turnitin, on-line plagiarism protection </li> <li> public records in private databases </li> <li> legal document </li> </ul> </li> <li> <b>recent cases </b>on audio books, sampling, and data use restrictions </li> </ul> <p> If you have students who appear to be struggling to understand their casebook assignments, you can confidently offer them the assistance of the proven-effective pedagogy in <b>Examples & Explanations: Copyright,</b> now in a timely <b>Second Edition</b>. Its student-friendly introductions, engaging problem exercises, and illuminating answers will give those students valuable help in understanding the basic concepts of Copyright Law. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
About this product: Learn how to educate defensively and avoid accidents! In this updated version of Technology and Copyright Law the authors expand on new developments in the world of copyright, including those in the areas of legislation and case law. Special chapters provide information on the law's enablement for those who work with the blind and physically handicapped and the use of copyrighted materials in distance education. Divided into four parts, this valuable resource covers topics that include: Existing law - what was it s intention, how it developed, where it s going; Guidance for making copyright decisions in day-to-day situations; Electronic classroom and international copyright agreements; Glossary of important terms and phrases and mandated words, and lists of exclusive rights of copyright holders, as well as limitations on those rights.
About this product: "Sharing information is the fundamental nature of education. Restricting the sharing of information is the fundamental nature of copyright law." When these opposing objectives collide, administrators, instructors, and students can have difficulty determining legal boundaries. Whether a project involves music, homework assignments, the Internet, distance education, or classroom materials, the newly published Copyright Law on Campus will assist individuals and institutions involved in education as they navigate the complex world of copyright law.
Author Marc Lindsey explores the reasons behind copyright, the exclusive rights granted to the holder, and the duration of those rights. He describes the circumstances that allow unrestricted copying and provides information and resources regarding public domain. He presents the risks of infringement, how to limit vulnerability, and explains when a violation becomes a criminal offense. Often using examples from his own campus experience, he covers the four factors of fair use, and then shows how to analyze them and apply the facts to specific situations.
Extensively researched, Lindsey’s concise reference tool explains how the latest legal developments, such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the TEACH act, can safeguard educational institutions. He reveals what is required to gain that protection, and how to initiate campus policies and copyright education programs. He also discusses the most conservative interpretation of the statutes with regard to classrooms, including the advantages and disadvantages for establishing those guidelines as policy. With chapters on obtaining permission, the Internet, distance education, and more, this new book is sure to serve as a valuable resource on campuses nationwide.
About this product: The laws covering intellectual property--those products of the imagination with commercial value, such as fictional writing, software designs, product names, and mechanical inventions--have long boggled the minds of the uninitiated. With the advent of online commerce and publishing, the issues have only gotten more confusing. The new edition of Patent, Copyright & Trademark: A Desk Reference to Intellectual Property Law, by attorney Stephen Elias, offers plain-English explanations and practical advice on this increasingly complex topic. Elias covers everything from the laws themselves to their specific applications in different media.
About this product: Copyright law is a complex field, and it's crucial for writers to understand what's entailed. Stephen Fishman covers what a copyright is, how it's created and protected, limitations and transfer of ownership, how long it lasts, and what copyright infringement is all about. There are chapters on copyright registration, copyright notice, and how to deal with errors or omissions. Fishman also wades into the issues of derivative works and compilations, works for hire, and jointly authored works. He also tackles the confusion of copyrights in the online world of electronic publishing; the book is worth its price for this chapter alone. The appendix contains a variety of sample forms and blank forms and a PC-formatted disk of the same material.
About this product: This set of CDs includes a 4 1/2 hour lecture on Copyright Law and a 25 page handout. For the Law School Legends Audio Series, we found the truly gifted law school professors most law students can only dream about - the professors who draw rave reviews not only for their scholarship, but for their ability to make the law easy to understand. We asked these select few professors to condense their courses into a single lecture. And it’s these lectures you’ll find in the Law School Legends Audio Series. With Law School Legends, you’ll get a brilliant law professor explaining an entire subject to you in one simple, dynamic lecture.
In recent years we have witnessed a rising tension between the open architecture of the Internet and legal restrictions for online activities. The impact of digital recording technologies and distributed file sharing systems has forever changed the expectations of everyday users with regard to digital information. At the same time, however, U.S. Copyright Law has shown a decided trend toward more restrictions over what we are able to do with digital materials. As a result, a gap has emerged between the reality of copyright law and the social reality of our everyday activities. Through an analysis of the competing rhetorical frameworks about copyright regulation in a digital age, this book shows how the stories told by active parties in the debate shape our cultural understanding of what is and is not acceptable in the use of copyrighted works on digital networks. Reyman posits recent legal developments as sites of conflict between competing value systems in our culture: one of control, relying heavily on comparisons of intellectual property to physical property, and emphasizing ownership, theft, and piracy, and the other a value of community, implementing new concepts such as that of an intellectual "commons," and emphasizing exchange, collaboration, and responsibility to a public good. Reyman argues that the rhetoric of the digital copyright debate, namely the rhetorical positioning of technology as destructive to creative and intellectual production, has profound implications for the future of digital culture.
About this product: In 1998, copyright lobbyists succeeded in persuading Congress to enact laws greatly expanding copyright owners' control over individuals' private uses of their works. The efforts to enforce these new rights have resulted in highly publicized legal battles between established media, and new upstarts. In this enlightening and well-argued book, law professor Jessica Litman questions whether copyright laws crafted by lawyers and their lobbyists really make sense for the vast majority of us. Should every interaction between ordinary consumers and copyright-protected works be restricted by law? Is it practical to enforce such laws, or expect consumers to obey them? What are the effects of such laws on the exchange of information in a free society? Litman's critique exposes the 1998 copyright law as an incoherent patchwork. She argues for reforms that reflect common sense and the way people actually behave in their daily digital interactions. This paperback edition includes an afterword that comments on recent developments, such as the end of the Napster story, the rise of peer-to-peer file sharing, the escalation of a full-fledged copyright war, the filing of lawsuits against thousands of individuals, and the June 2005 Supreme Court decision in the Grokster case.
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