Exploiting images and image collections in the new media : gold mine or legal minefield? / edited by Barbara Hoffman.

Intellectual property issues in the creation and use of digital images; Copyright issues in the use of visual images in the new media; A picture is worth a thousand words: US intellectual property issues in the exploitation of visual images in the new media; Protection and management of copyright and neighbouring rights in the digital era; Use of images for commercial purposes: copyright issues under Malaysian laws; Legal protection of digital works in Japan; Museums and digital image archives and the proposed European directive on the harmonization of copyright: a UK perspective; Interactive access and images - can copyright adapt?; Copyright and other intellectual property issues in the use of motion picture archives, photo archives and museum collections in the new media: a museum perspective; Difficulties of managing copyrights, image and property rights to digitized works under french law; The protection of museum collections of film and photo archives in Germany after the implementation of the European database directive into German law; The law of webcasting and digital music delivery; Music: licences, permission forms, and releases in the digital age; Intellectual property and recorded sound: goldmine and minefield.