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Although dance is one of the world's oldest art forms, choreography was first included in the laws of Germany, France and the USA as a separate category of copyrightable works during the course of the 20th century. This work places special emphasis on the following questions: which concepts can be protected as a work of choreography and how is the original work of authorship determined? Targeted towards attorneys concerned with questions related to choreography, this work can also serve as a reference for representatives of the dance community as an introduction to the copyright issues...

Das Buch ist ein Novum. Erstmals werden die Grundlagen der Wahrnehmungstatigkeit der Gesellschaft fur musikalisches Auffuhrungs- und mechanisches Vervielfaltigungsrecht - GEMA umfassend dargestellt, fachkundig erlautert und wissenschaftlich durchdrungen. Dabei geht es neben den historischen und rechtlichen Grundlagen vor allem um die Darstellung und Erlauterung der "Binnenregeln" der GEMA: der Satzung, des Berechtigungsvertrags und des Verteilungsplans. Zudem wird eine Ubersicht uber die Praxis der Lizenzierung gegeben. Eine solche Darstellung ist seit langem ein Desiderat der Praxis und...

The field of consumer credit law has undergone major and fundamental change in the recent past, due in part to the regulation since 1 April 2014 of consumer credit by the Financial Conduct Authority, and this book provides a clear and complete guide to this difficult area of law.

Fully updated for the second edition, the author considers new developments including:

the new authorisation process under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, including the interim permission regime, and its consequences; the new regime for financial promotions as applied to credit...

Boilerplate--the fine-print terms and conditions that we become subject to when we click "I agree" online, rent an apartment, enter an employment contract, sign up for a cellphone carrier, or buy travel tickets--pervades all aspects of our modern lives. On a daily basis, most of us accept boilerplate provisions without realizing that should a dispute arise about a purchased good or service, the nonnegotiable boilerplate terms can deprive us of our right to jury trial and relieve providers of responsibility for harm. Boilerplate is the first comprehensive treatment of the problems...

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