Copyright and multimedia products : a comparative analysis / / Irini A. Stamatoudi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821535803321
• Autore: Stamatoudi Irini A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002
• ISBN: 1-107-12467-0; 1-280-42141-X; 0-511-17492-6; 0-511-15502-6; 0-511-32527-4; 0-511-49528-5; 0-511-04457-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Cambridge studies in intellectual property rights
• Disciplina: 346.04/82
• Soggetti: Copyright; Copyright and electronic data processing; Multimedia systems - Law and legislation; Audio-visual materials - Law and legislation; Intellectual property
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-314) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Placing multimedia products within the scope of copyright; 2 The scope of multimedia works; 3 Traditional literary works; 4 Collections and compilations; 5 Databases; 6 Audiovisual works; 7 Computer programs; 8 Video games as a test case; 9 Multimedia products and existing categories of copyright works; 10 A regime of protection for multimedia products; 11 Conclusions; Postscript; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Multimedia products have experienced tremendous market success. Yet too often they are given inadequate protection under existing national and international copyright schemes. Irini Stamatoudi provides a comprehensive, comparative treatment of multimedia works and ; copyright protection in this clear and concise volume. A detailed introduction outlines the nature of the multimedia work, as well as the scope of existing legislation; separate chapters consider collections and compilations, databases, audiovisual works and computer programs (video games are here treated as a 'test case'). Stamatoudi then analyses issues of qualification, regime of protection, and offers a model for a European legislative solution. Copyright and Multimedia Products will interest academics and students, as well as practitioners and copyright policy makers.