The Yearbook of Copyright and Media Law Volume VI 2001/2

by Barendt, Eric; Firth, Alison

• ISBN13: 9780199245840
• ISBN10: 0199245843
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Up to date and informative, the Yearbook of Copyright and Media Law is now well established as a key source of information and analysis for all copyright, media and entertainment law professionals. It responds to practical developments and problem areas such as the Internet and Multimedia while also making a serious contribution to copyright and media law as a legal discipline. The central feature of the Yearbook is the range of annual surveys prepared by expert practising lawyers. Covering all issues from copyright, trademarks, licensing societies and new technology to libel, contempt of court and music contracts, the surveys contain considered and thorough analysis of the most recent developments in the UK, the EC, and beyond.

Table of Contents

Editorial	vii
Table of Cases	ix
Table of Statutes and Treaties	xxxi
Part One: Articles	1	(250)
Privacy and Celebrity	3	(18)
Michael Tugendhat
Privacy, Publicity Rights and Merchandising: Hello!	21	(8)
Peter Jaffey
Copyright Law and the Public's Right to Receive Information: Recent Developments in an Isolated Community	29	(22)
Jonathan Griffiths
Copyright in Sporting Events and Broadcasts or Films of Sporting Events after Norowzian	51	(10)
Richard Arnold
Moral Rights: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality in Pursuit of European Harmonisation	61	(24)
Gary Lea
Disloyal Competition and Common Law Liability: England and France, a Comparative Study	85	(36)
Daniel Burkitt
Scottish Contempt from 1998: Brave New World?	121	(20)
Alistair Bonnington
Rosalind McInnes
The Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the Law of Libel	141	(18)
Eric Barendt
Defamation Law and the Liability of Internet Intermediaries: Recent Developments in the United Kingdom, the USA and Australia	159	(26)
Matthew Collins
Reforming the Regulation of Communications	185	(22)
Thomas Gibbons
Napster, DVD and All That: Developing a Coherent Copyright Grid for Internet Entertainment	207	(44)
Uma Suthersanen
Part Two: Annual Surveys	251	(154)
Developments in Substantive Copyright Law	253	(8)
John Enser
Heidi Hurdle
Developments in the Law Relating to Remedies in Practice and Procedure	261	(4)
Christy Rogers
Trade Mark and Passing Off Cases	265	(34)
Spyros M. Maniatis
Caroline L. Wilson
EC and UK Competition Law Developments	299	(30)
Sam Szlezinger
Main Developments in Broadcasting Law	329	(14)
Tony Ballard
The European Convention on Human Rights and Media Law	343	(12)
Lord Lester
Mariann Meier Wang
Kishali Pinto Jayawardena
Libel Law	355	(18)
Eric Barendt
Penelope Gorman
Reporting Restrictions	373	(32)
Andrew Nicol
Heather Rogers
Part Three: Review of Books	405	(12)
M. Henry (ed.): International Privacy, Publicity and Personality Laws	407	(2)
Thomas Gibbons
L. Edwards and C. Waelde: Law and the Internet: A Framework for Electronic Commerce	409	(2)
Thomas Gibbons
S. Lai: The Copyright Protection of Computer Software in the United Kingdom	411	(1)
David Booton
P. Larouche, Competition Law and Regulation in European Telecommunications	412	(2)
Nicholas Reville
I. Loveland: Political Libels	414	(3)
Sallie Spilsbury
Index	417