Publishing and the Law: Current Legal Issues

ISBN-13: 9780789007773 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 212 str.

A. Bruce Strauch

Opis

This timely volume sheds light on the important legal issues that influence the scholarly publishing world. The often-confusing field of publishing law--including copyright, licensing, liability, electronic publishing, and taxation--is going through an unprecedented upheaval as we move into the twenty-first century. Publishing and the Law: Current Legal Issues offers clear, current explanations of the implications of recent laws and technologies and predicts what further changes to expect.

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Contents

• Introduction
• Copyright
• Copyright and Electronic Publishing: Background and Recent Developments
• Copyright and Fair Use of Multimedia Resources
• DOA at the Online Ramp
• Copyright and Fair Use of Multimedia Resources
• Licensing Agreements: Contracts, the Eclipse of Copyright and the Promise of Cooperation
• The West Copyright Conundrum
• The Costs of the Loss of Copyright
• Constitutional Issues
• Reno vs. ACLU: The U.S. Supreme Court Finds the Communications Decency Act Unconstitutional
• Taxes and Torts
• Taxes and the Self-Employed Author
• The Tort Liability of Publishers
• Anti-Trust
• The Publishing Merger That Failed: Reed Elsevier and Wolters Kluwer
• Antitrust Update: The Robinson-Patman Act Rides Again and Mergers Come Under Increased Scrutiny
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

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Linda S Katz