Ghanaian law of copyright / Andrew Ofoe Amegatcher.

xiii, 190 pages ; [28] cm

9964917562
9789964917562

N 40 AME.G

Contents : 1. General principles : 1. Origins of copyright; 2. The subject matter of copyright; 3. Qualification for copyright; 4. The state as owner of copyright; 5. Rights of authors; 6. Employed authors; 7. Public benefit works; 8. Program-carrying signals; 9. Duration of copyright; 10. Free use of copyright works; 11. Transfer of copyright; 12. Ephemeral recordings; 13. Compulsory reproduction and translation licences; 2. Neighbouring rights : copyright administration : 14. Mechanical rights; 15. Rights of performers and producers; 16. Public domain; 17. Registration and copyright administration; 18. Infringement of copyright; 19. Arbitration and powers of ministers to make regulations; 3. General articles : 20. Publishing contracts; 21. The musician and the copyright law; 22. Why we pay copyright fees; 23. Home taping and copyright; Appendices : 1. DE FREITAS, Denis, ZUCKERMAN, A. Further explanation and criticisms of Anton Piller order; 2. Example of Anton Piller precedent modified to suit S.42(2); 3. Members of the Universal Copyright Convention (UCC) and members of the Berne Convention; 4. Copyright society regulations (1992); 5. Guidelines for the implementation of the banderole system issued by the copyright office; 6. Copyright forms; 7. Further reading; 8. Index;.

Includes bibliographical references (page 186) and index.

Accra : Omega Law Publishers, 1993.

English