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Copyright Law
Contributor(s): Vaver, David (Author), McLachlin, Beverley (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1552210340     ISBN-13: 9781552210345
Publisher: Irwin Law
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Published: February 2000
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Annotation: In this book, David Vaver examines how the modern law of copyright and moral rights is coping with the explosive growth in new technologies. He provides a detailed, authoritative analysis of changes to the "Copyright Act" and their impact on copyright holders and users, including educational institutions, libraries, and archives.
"Copyright Law" is written in a lively non-technical style. It examines in depth issues such as: What does copyright protect? What rights do owners have? What new rights have been introduced and how do they affect the public? What rights do users have? What are moral rights and how are they enforced? How are copyrights managed and how are they enforced? What pitfalls should be avoided in licensing? A thoughtful discussion is included on the origins, justifications, and likely future directions of this branch of the law in the light of international developments, as well as how current deficiencies may be cured.
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Intellectual Property - Copyright
Dewey: 346.710
LCCN: 00363408
Series: Essentials of Canadian Law
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.34" W x 8.98" (1.11 lbs) 355 pages
 
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Shortlisted for the 2003 Walter Owen Book Prize

In this book, David Vaver examines how the modern law of copyright and moral rights is coping with the explosive growth in new technologies. He provides a detailed, authoritative analysis of changes to the Copyright Act and their impact on copyright holders and users, including educational institutions, libraries, and archives.

Copyright Law is written in a lively non-technical style. It examines in depth issues such as: What does copyright protect? What rights do owners have? What new rights have been introduced and how do they affect the public? What rights do users have? What are moral rights and how are they enforced? How are copyrights managed and how are they enforced? What pitfalls should be avoided in licensing? A thoughtful discussion is included on the origins, justifications, and likely future directions of this branch of the law in the light of international developments, as well as how current deficiencies may be cured.

Contributor Bio(s): Vaver, David: - David Vaver, M.A. (Oxon.), B.A., LL.B. (Auck), J.D. (Chicago), is the Reuters Professor of Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, Oxford University, the Director of the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre at St. Peter's College, Oxford, and a Professorial Fellow of St. Peter's College. Before coming to Oxford in 1998, he taught intellectual property law for some 27 years, variously at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

Professor Vaver was the founder of the Intellectual Property Journal and its first Editor-in-Chief until 1998. He remains a consultant editor. He also served as an adviser to the Department of Canadian Heritage on the reform of Canadian copyright law, including the 1997 amendments to the Copyright Act. He has researched and written extensively on national and international intellectual property law and policy, and his works are often cited by courts and legal writers. He is the author of Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patents, Trade-Marks (1997) in Irwin Law's Essential of Canadian Law series.McLachlin, Beverley: - The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin served as a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1989 to 2000, when she was appointed Chief Justice of Canada.