Multimedia Works and Categorization in UK Copyright Law

‘A book may be good for nothing; or there may be onlyone thing in it worth knowing; are we to read it all through?’(Samuel Johnson) This section is dedicated to the review ofideas, articles, books, films and other media. It will includereplies (and rejoinders) to articles, the evaluation of newideas or proposals, and reviews of books and articles both directlyand indirectly related to intellectual property law.

Copyright Law in the Digital Society—The Challenges ofMultimedia By Tanya Aplin, 2005, Hart Publishing Price: £60,Hardback, ISBN: 1-84113-356-6, pp. 320   The protection of multimedia     

Post-mortem protection and domain name use

Personality rights cannot be exercised, as far as a commercialexploitation of a person's name is concerned, after 10 yearsfrom the death of the person.     

A story of copyright in adaptations

German substantive copyright law applies both to a testamentarydisposition of copyright and to the scope and character of copyrightlicensing agreements.     

A comparative evaluation of competition law, policy, and innovation

‘A book may be good for nothing; or there may be onlyone thing in it worth knowing; are we to read it all through?’(Samuel Johnson) This section is dedicated to the review of ideas, articles,books, films and other media. It will include replies (and rejoinders)to articles, the evaluation of new ideas or proposals, and reviewsof books and articles both directly and indirectly related tointellectual property law. Keeping apace with technological development, while simultaneouslyproviding a sound legal framework that ensures both legal     

Hyperlinks, circumvention technology and contributory infringement--a precarious tale from German jurisprudence

A person who sets a link referring to a website offering softwarefor circumventing anti-copying technological devices commitsan act of contributory infringement in accordance with the principlesof disturbance liability.