Copyright theft / by John Gurnsey.

Copyright theft / by John Gurnsey.

xi, 196 pages ; 24 cm

0566076314
9780566076312 cloth

N 751 GUR.C

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.

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;.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.

Aldershot : Gower, c1995.

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