The nature of copyright : a law of users' rights / L. Ray Patterson & Stanley W. Lindberg ; foreword by Robert W. Kastenmeier.

xiii, 274 pages ; 23 cm

0820313629
0820313475 permanent paper
9780820313474 permanent paper
9780820313627 paperback

N 141 PAT.N

Presents a new perspective on copyright law and the legal rights of individuals to use copyright material.

Price : NLG; Supplier : Nedbook International bv, Amsterdam; Contents : 1. The Role of Copyright in American Life; Part 1 : Copyright in Context : 2. Copyright in the Beginning : A Publisher's Right; 3. Copyright Changes : An Author's Right? 4. Copyright in the U.S. Constitution : Policies; 5. Copyright in the Nineteenth Century : Principles and Rules; 6. Copyright in the Early Twentieth Century : The 1909 Copyright Act; 7. Copyright in the Late Twentieth Century : The 1976 Copyright Act; Part 2 : Copyright Issues in Perspectives : 8. The Nature of Copyright; 9. Copyright and Free-Speech Rights; 10. The Role of Fictions and Fallacies in Copyright Law; 11. The Scope of the Right to Copy; Part 3 : The Balance of Rights : 12. The Law of Authors' Rights : Moral Rights; 13. The Law of Publishers' Rights : Monopoly Rights; 14. The Law of Users' Rights : Personal Use and Fair Use; Part 4 : Conclusion : 15. The Future of American Copyright; Notes; Index;.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index.

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1991.

English