Overview
Publishing Law is a comprehensive guide to the law as it affects the publishing process. Written by the Copyright Counsel of The Publishers Association and a practising solicitor with many years experience of the publishing trade, this work will serve as a comprehensive handbook for all those who need a practical understanding of where and how the law may apply, including publishers, authors and agents.Synopsis
With an introduction to UK and EU law, full coverage of electronic rights and e-commerce issues and detailed coverage of changes in UK and EU legislation, this third edition of Publishing Law continues in its status as a comprehensive guide to the law as it affects the publishing process.
Hugh Jones and Christopher Benson address a range of key legal issues in the publishing process and explain legal points with reference to important statutes, cases and relevant trade practices. The issues include:
• copyright, moral rights, commissioning and contracts, including online access and ebooks
• libel and other legal risks such as negligence, privacy and obscenity
• infringement and defences such as fair dealing; trade marks and passing off
• consumer law, data protection, advertising and promotion, distribution and export.
This work is a comprehensive handbook for publishers, authors and agents, and anyone who needs a practical understanding of where and how the law may apply.
Booknews
A veteran lawyer specializing in the area offers a guide to European Union law as it affects publishing and copyrights. He addresses such issues as confidential information, moral rights, commissioning and contracts, editing and productions, obscenity, official secrets, distribution, and export. He includes a list of useful addresses but no bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.