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Copyright theft / by John Gurnsey.
1995
N 751 GUR.C
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Title
Copyright theft / by John Gurnsey.
Description
xi, 196 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
0566076314
9780566076312 cloth
9780566076312 cloth
Alternate Call Number
N 751 GUR.C
Summary
Copyright was developed to protect the printed word. In the late twentieth century can it and does it realistically serve to protect authors of audio, video and electronic products that are the vehicles of information supply in our multi-media age? Systematic copyright theft forms part of a multi-billion dollar international industry, which is able to thrive partly because it is easy to overlook what is known to be theft when the original material remains intact. But what was a 'cottage industry' 30 years ago has now become much more sophisticated, so that pirate books printed in Taiwan flood the markets of West Africa, and audio tapes printed in the Far East appear in Saudi Arabia, Australasia and even Europe. The threat to publishers is alarming, and increasing. The burgeoning of the electronic information industry today makes copyright theft an urgent issue.
Note
Price : 23.60; Supplier : ASLIB, London; Recd 12/12/95; Contents : 1. Conventional printing : The history and nature of copyright theft; Legal and countermeasure issues; International issues; Implications for the publishing industry; Electronic publishing; 2. Electronic media : Databases; Audio : Home taping; Audio piracy; Broadcast and video material; Software; Games and multimedia products; 3. The future : The changing nature of information dissemination and use; User implications; The need for legislation; The future;.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Background and introduction
pt. 1. Conventional Printing. 2. The history and nature of copyright theft. 3. Legal and countermeasure issues. 4. International issues. 5. Implications for the publishing industry. 6. Electronic publishing
pt. 2. Electronic Media. 7. Databases. 8. Audio: home taping. 9. Audio piracy. 10. Broadcast and video material. 11. Software. 12. Games and multimedia products
pt. 3. The Future. 13. The changing nature of information dissemination and use. 14. User implications. 15. The need for legislation. 16. The future
Appendix A: Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations
Appendix B: Bibliography.
pt. 1. Conventional Printing. 2. The history and nature of copyright theft. 3. Legal and countermeasure issues. 4. International issues. 5. Implications for the publishing industry. 6. Electronic publishing
pt. 2. Electronic Media. 7. Databases. 8. Audio: home taping. 9. Audio piracy. 10. Broadcast and video material. 11. Software. 12. Games and multimedia products
pt. 3. The Future. 13. The changing nature of information dissemination and use. 14. User implications. 15. The need for legislation. 16. The future
Appendix A: Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations
Appendix B: Bibliography.
Series
Published
Aldershot : Gower, c1995.
Language
English
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