"This second edition is fully revised and updated to include changes to the UK law as a result of recent EU legislation, which will have a significant impact on archivists and archival researchers. The relationship between copyright and the applications of the Freedom of Information Act is also given careful scrutiny. Besides changes in statutory law there have been some important new judgements in copyright and related cases that affect interpretation of the law. They include judgments on the law in relation to the internet, of which anyone wishing to publish on the web needs to be aware." "Readable and accessible for people without legal training, this comprehensive and approachable guide can be used by anyone from law student to first-time researcher, but is especially essential for archivists and records managers. It is also of substantial value to other LIS professionals in Libraries, museums and galleries, and to anyone who wished to understand copyright law without recourse to legal texts."--Jacket.
Note
Originally published by the Public Record Office, 2001.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. What is copyright? 1.1. Nature of copyright. 1.2. History of copyright. 1.3. Copyright and archives 2. Copyright protection. 2.1. Protection for works. 2.2. Literary, dramatic and musical works. 2.3. Artistic works. 2.4. Films. 2.5. Sound recordings. 2.6. Other works. 3. Ownership. 3.1. Qualification. 3.2. First owner. 3.3. Acquisition of copyright. 3.4. Assertion of ownership. 4. Publication, exhibition and performance. 4.1. Publication. 4.2. Exhibition and performance. 5. Use. 5.1. The copyright owner's rights. 5.2. Exceptions: the permitted acts. 5.3. Copying in libraries and archives. 5.4. Permission. 5.5. Litigation and legal advice. 6. Copyright in the electronic environment. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Internet. 6.3. Electronic mail. 6.4. Databases. 6.5. Archives in the electronic environment. 6.6. Computers and computer programs. 7. Special cases. 7.1. Records of local authorities. 7.2. Records of ecclesiastical and religious bodies. 7.3. Legal records. 7.4. Office-holders and members. 7.5. Public records. 7.6. Records of a repository's parent institution or authority. 7.7. British Isles outside the UK. 7.8. Electoral registers. 7.9. Business records. 7.10. Estate and manorial records. 7.11. Hospital and medical records. 7.12. Maps, charts and plans, together with engravings and prints. 7.13. Transport records. 8. Other intellectual property rights. 8.1. Moral rights. 8.2. Databases and database rights. 8.3. Publication right. 8.4. Rental and lending right and Public Lending Right. 8.5. Performer's rights. 8.6. Designs, patents and trade marks. 8.7. Confidentiality. 9. Appendix. 9.1. Charts for the duration of copyright. 9.2. Copyright (Librarians and Archivists) (Copying of Copyright Material) Regulations. 9.3. Model licences. 9.4. Assignment to the record office. 9.5. Worked examples. 9.6. Worked examples: suggested solutions. 10. Bibliography. 11. Authorities. 11.1. Treaties and EU Instruments. 11.2. Statutes. 11.3. Statutory instruments. 11.4. Cases.
"This second edition is fully revised and updated to include changes to the UK law as a result of recent EU legislation, which will have a significant impact on archivists and archival researchers. The relationship between copyright and the applications of the Freedom of Information Act is also given careful scrutiny. Besides changes in statutory law there have been some important new judgements in copyright and related cases that affect interpretation of the law. They include judgments on the law in relation to the internet, of which anyone wishing to publish on the web needs to be aware." "Readable and accessible for people without legal training, this comprehensive and approachable guide can be used by anyone from law student to first-time researcher, but is especially essential for archivists and records managers. It is also of substantial value to other LIS professionals in Libraries, museums and galleries, and to anyone who wished to understand copyright law without recourse to legal texts."--Jacket.