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Understanding copyright law
- Author
- Leaffer, Marshall A., 1943- author.
- Title
- Understanding copyright law / Marshall A. Leaffer.
- Format
- E-Book
- Edition
- Seventh edition.
- Published
- Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2019] ©2019
- Description
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 645 pages).
- URL
- Access for [Bloomington Law Library] - (Available on campus and off-campus with authorized logon.)
- Uniform series
- Understanding series (New York, N.Y.)
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction to copyright and intellectual property law
- Subject matter of copyright : general standards
- Works of authorship : categories of copyrightable subject matter
- Publication, notice, and other formalities
- Ownership of copyright
- Duration, renewal, termination of transfers, and restoration of copyright
- Copyright registration and deposit
- The exclusive rights and their limitations
- Infringement and remedies
- Fair use and other defenses to copyright infringement
- Copyright law in a federal system : preemption of state law
- An overview of international copyright.
- Summary
- "In addition to including the latest case law developments, this edition incorporates the Music Modernization Act of 2018. The seventh edition covers all aspects of the MMA, a dazzling legislative overhaul of the musical copyright, which among its other provisions, creates a new blanket license for digital deliveries and provides protection to pre-1972 sound recordings." -- Publisher's website.
- Subject headings
- Copyright--United States.
- Genre heading
- Hornbooks (Law) Hornbooks (Law) Electronic books.
- ISBN
- 9781531010072 (electronic bk.) 1531010075 (electronic bk.) 9781531010065 1531010067