<p>Key Features Covers protection of copyrights on a national, international and regional basis Presents the background and principles of copyright and related rights Offers comparative summaries of international and regional standards of protection Examines the necessity for development of new structures of licensing or rights to cover internet downloading on an international scale Covers the issues created by the application of technological protection to copyright material About the Book: World Copyright Law: 3rd Edition Providing analytical commentary on the legislation, principlesand practice, World Copyright Law: The rights of authors of literary, dramatic, musical andartistic works are, in the common law system, covered by copyright,and in the civil law system by &quot;author&#39;s right&quot;. The rights ofperformers, producers, broad?casters and others who bring authors&#39;works beforethe public are often described as related (orneighbouring) rights. &quot;Copyright&quot; means many things to many people.To some it signifies a component of human rights, deriving fromnatural law, and sustaining the work of the human mindby protectingauthors in respect of all uses of their works. To others itrepresents a commercially inspired monopoly for the betterregulation of the exploitation of the author&#39;s work in the marketplace. In between are other concepts, each with its ownphilosophical and juridical justifications. The debate on the placeof copyright in the legal system is not merely on the nationallevel, but also covers relationships at cultural, politicalandcommercial levels throughout the world.One feature is, however,common to all approaches. The discussion concerns works of themind,and the means by which these are disseminated to the public. Thewriter of a textsuch as the present is faced with a problem whichis present at the outset and which gainsin gravity as the workcontinues, namely the immense amount of material on the subjectofcopyright and related rights which pours from the world.</p>
