Guide to the copyright and related rights treaties
... phonography had raised problems for performers, which were then further aggravated by ever-more numerous radio programs and the advent of television. The phonograms embodying performances and the radio and television transmissions of both such phonograms and live performances appeared as dangerous c ...
... phonography had raised problems for performers, which were then further aggravated by ever-more numerous radio programs and the advent of television. The phonograms embodying performances and the radio and television transmissions of both such phonograms and live performances appeared as dangerous c ...
Whose Music Is It Anyway?: How We Came To
... to the end of the sixteenth century.9 Even though trade in books began during ancient Greece and has continued, with periodic interruptions, until the present,10 and even though the Greeks established a system of musical notation, music remained part of an exclusively oral tradition until well into ...
... to the end of the sixteenth century.9 Even though trade in books began during ancient Greece and has continued, with periodic interruptions, until the present,10 and even though the Greeks established a system of musical notation, music remained part of an exclusively oral tradition until well into ...
the enforcement of intellectual property rights: a case book
... second and third editions seek to give the reader some insight into civil-law principles and jurisprudence – in spite of my limited expertise. In preparing the case book I was again reminded of Sisyphus: he who was condemned by the gods to push a rock up a mountain, eternally. Whenever he reaches th ...
... second and third editions seek to give the reader some insight into civil-law principles and jurisprudence – in spite of my limited expertise. In preparing the case book I was again reminded of Sisyphus: he who was condemned by the gods to push a rock up a mountain, eternally. Whenever he reaches th ...
Copyrighting Shakespeare - Digital Commons @ Georgia Law
... Stationers' Company began in the early fifteenth century as a printers' guild, but in 1557 the guild received a Royal Charter and became one of a series of "livery companies," or chartered monopolies, authorized by the English monarch to administer a variety of trades.15 The Royal Charter of the Com ...
... Stationers' Company began in the early fifteenth century as a printers' guild, but in 1557 the guild received a Royal Charter and became one of a series of "livery companies," or chartered monopolies, authorized by the English monarch to administer a variety of trades.15 The Royal Charter of the Com ...
File Sharing: Illegal Activity or Fair Use?
... and the RIAA's concern has to do with illegal peer-to-peer [P2P] audio file sharing. P2P audio file sharing is illegal because of the U.S. Copyright Law. Owners of a copyright are guaranteed six exclusive rights under the Copyright Law and two of those exclusive rights are the right to control copie ...
... and the RIAA's concern has to do with illegal peer-to-peer [P2P] audio file sharing. P2P audio file sharing is illegal because of the U.S. Copyright Law. Owners of a copyright are guaranteed six exclusive rights under the Copyright Law and two of those exclusive rights are the right to control copie ...
copyright law
... • Vendors, usually, prefer license agreements because they allow to avoid the first sale or the exhaustion right, imposing terms and limitations on consumer’s use. • However, the main issue is to decide if DRM could be seen as a contract between buyer and seller. – If so, in the U.S. systems, feder ...
... • Vendors, usually, prefer license agreements because they allow to avoid the first sale or the exhaustion right, imposing terms and limitations on consumer’s use. • However, the main issue is to decide if DRM could be seen as a contract between buyer and seller. – If so, in the U.S. systems, feder ...
History of copyright law
The history of copyright law starts with early privileges and monopolies granted to printers of books. The British Statute of Anne 1710, full title ""An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned"", was the first copyright statute. Initially copyright law only applied to the copying of books. Over time other uses such as translations and derivative works were made subject to copyright and copyright now covers a wide range of works, including maps, performances, paintings, photographs, sound recordings, motion pictures and computer programs.Today national copyright laws have been standardised to some extent through international and regional agreements such as the Berne Convention and the European copyright directives. Although there are consistencies among nations' copyright laws, each jurisdiction has separate and distinct laws and regulations about copyright. Some jurisdictions also recognize moral rights of creators, such as the right to be credited for the work.Copyright are exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. Copyright does not protect ideas, only their expression or fixation. In most jurisdictions copyright arises upon fixation and does not need to be registered. Copyright owners have the exclusive statutory right to exercise control over copying and other exploitation of the works for a specific period of time, after which the work is said to enter the public domain. Uses which are covered under limitations and exceptions to copyright, such as fair use, do not require permission from the copyright owner. All other uses require permission and copyright owners can license or permanently transfer or assign their exclusive rights to others.