Copinger and Skone James on Copyright


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"With the statutes and orders relating thereto and forms and precedents, also related forms of protection."--T.p.










Finding Legal Information


Book Description

Given the vast amount of legal information available, it is sometimes very difficult - and certainly very time consuming - to know where to start looking for the specific information you require. This book, covering the most up-to-date information sources (printed and electronic), helps guide the reader towards the information they need. It is an accessible and easy-to-use directory of legal information sources for librarians, lawyers, students and anyone needing legal information. The book covers mainly British and European Union law and includes general material and the main subject areas, including online and internet sources. It also lists reference material, such as legal dictionaries and directories. The book is essentially a directory of information sources, with publishing details (including ISBN), and short comments where useful. Electronic sources are mentioned where relevant, with details of scope and any limitations of coverage. - Comprehensive and up-to-date (covering electronic sources and important legal developments, including civil procedure and human rights) - Covers the massive expansion of information on the web and online services - Based on the author's considerable experience – thus, he has gained a detailed and wide ranging understanding and appreciation of users' needs and areas of interest







Information, Knowledge, Text


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Information, Knowledge, Text is concerned with connections between computing and writing and precursors to modern information technologies. It brings historical and humanistic perspectives to bear on contemporary information developments, enabling a deepening understanding of those developments. Rather than developing a single overarching thesis, Warner weaves together several themes, basing his chapters on carefully edited journal articles and conference presentations. Individual essays cover the history of writing and signal transmission, the concept of exactness as it relates to human semiotic constructions, forms of representation in formal logic and automata studies, copyright, and graphic communication. A final chapter offers a review of literature that further explores the established themes.




Challenges to Copyright and Related Rights in the European Community


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Study commenting on copyright legislation (especially concerning phonograms) in EC countries, as at Dec 1980 - discusses droit d'auteur and royalties, the protection of performers, producers of phonograms and broadcasting organizations, and the illicit copying of phonograms and videograms by private individuals; includes recommendations for legislation. Bibliography and statistical tables.




Copyright and the Public Interest


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"[E]xplores the extent to which the notion of the public interest has influenced the copyright laws of ... France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States"--P. [v].