Copyright Law

Edited by Paul Torremans, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, School of Law, University of Nottingham, UK

'. . . this book provides an interesting insight into many aspects of copyright law. It is a useful resource not only for those whose core practice is copyright but also those involved in industries reliant on copyright.'

• Contents:Foreword1. Originality in Copyright: A Solution to the Database Problem? John Adams2. Legal Issues Pertaining to the Restoration and Reconstitution of Manuscripts, Sheet Music, Paintings and Films for Marketing PurposesPaul Torremans3. A Canadian Copyright NarrativeDaniel Gervais4. Can and Should Misappropriation Also Protect Databases? A Comparative ApproachEstelle Derclaye5. Database Copyright: The story of BHB Charlotte Waelde6. ‘Une Chose Publique’? The Author’s Domain and the Public Domain in Early British, French and US Copyright LawJane Ginsburg7. Draw Me a Public DomainValérie-Laure Benabou and Séverine Dusollier8. Could Multimedia Works Be Protected as a Form of Audiovisual Works?Irini Stamatoudi9. Adequate Protection of Folklore – A Work in ProgressSilke von Lewinski10. Regulating Competition by Way of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions Thomas Dreier11. Competition in the Field of Collective Management: Preferring ‘Creative Competition’ to Allocative Efficiency in European Copyright Law Josef Drexl12. Individual and Collective Management of Copyright in a Digital EnvironmentMarco Ricolfi13. Copyright Law and Scientific ResearchReto Hilty14. Copyright and Freedom of Expression in Sweden – Private Law in a Constitutional ContextJan Rosén15. On-line Teaching and Copyright: Any Hopes for an EU Harmonized Playground?Raquel Xalabarder16. Development of Law in Asia: Divergence versus Convergence. Copyright Piracy and the Prosecution of Copyright Offences and the Adjudication of IP Cases: Is There a Need for a Special IP Court in Malaysia?Ida Madieha bt. Abdul Ghani Azmi17. Alternative Dispute Resolution – A Remedy for Soothing Tensions between Technological Measures and Exceptions?Brigitte Lindner18. Qualitative Effects of Copyright PoliciesAntoon Quaedvlieg19. Questioning the Principles of Territoriality: The Determination of Territorial Mechanisms of CommercialisationPaul Torremans20. A Broadcasters’ Treaty?Tom RiversIndex