"This is a major study on publishing in South Africa, providing an in-depth analysis of the book industry, reviewing its social and historical context, and examining its role as a strategic industry in South Africa's future development. With contributions by some of the country's leading book profes
...
sionals and practitioners, the book examines fields such as policies of literacy and development of African languages, academic publishing, writers and publishing, reading promotion, new digital technologies and their impact on publishing, and issues relating copyright and reproduction rights. There are also some interesting papers on alternative publishing, and the alternative press, under the former repressive apartheid regime." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1002)
more
"This book, produced on behalf of the IFLA Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) Advisory Committee, provides basic and advanced information about copyright, outlines limitations and exceptions, discusses communicating with users and highlights emerging copyright issues. The chapters note the sign
...
ificance of the topic; describe salient points of the law and legal concepts; present selected comparisons of approaches around the world; highlight opportunities for reform and advocacy; and help libraries and librarians find their way through the copyright maze." (Publisher description)
more
"Das Geschäftsmodell Verlag definiert sich über den Erwerb und die Vermarktung von Rechten. Der durch einen Autoren- bzw. Lizenzvertag erworbene Content bildet das Fundament ökonomischer Wertschöpfungsketten. Daher gehört das Wissen um urheberrechtliche Zusammenhänge zu den Grundlagen verleger
...
ischer Tätigkeit. Ausgehend von konkreten Fällen führt die Autorin kenntnisreich in die Tiefen des Themas Urheber- und Verlagsrecht ein, das sie in all seinen Facetten gleichermaßen vielschichtig und praxisnah präsentiert. Die zweite Auflage dient nicht nur der Aktualisierung des Titels aufgrund neuer Grundsatzurteile und EuGH-Richtlinien. Ganze Passagen wurden neu verfasst, u.a. zu neuen Schrankenbestimmungen, die sich aus dem Inkrafttreten des Urheber-Wissenschaftsgesetzes aus dem Jahr 2018 ergeben." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
more
"The first edition of the IPA Global Report on Copyright & Publishing aims to provide an overview of aspects of copyright law and policy in the 69 countries where IPA’s members are established, based on the issues that are most relevant to the publishing industry. The objective of this report is t
...
o characterise the main features of national copyright laws that concern the publishing industry, with the aim of assisting IPA members in assessing their priorities in terms of copyright policy activities and drawing information about how other countries tackle similar challenges." (Executive summary)
more
"Nonfiction authors often use existing materials in their works: A historian excerpts a soldier’s letters to a loved one; an art critic reproduces a telling detail in a painting; a scientist quotes from a well-known article. Readers of nonfiction works expect new writing to reference and incorpora
...
te other works; indeed, the quality and integrity of nonfiction works frequently depend on the author’s skillful use of such materials. Although drawing from other works is common, it can often seem difficult to know when (and how much) unlicensed copying is permissible and whether certain unlicensed uses of another’s work put you at risk of copyright infringement. Sometimes, authors need to seek permission or pay for a license to use copyrighted materials. An author may even need a license to use her own works because she signed over her copyrights to her publisher. But not always. In some situations, unlicensed use may be legally permitted by virtue of the “fair use” doctrine, a well-known (but oft-misunderstood) limitation to copyright in the United States. Fair use is a powerful tool, but unfortunately many nonfiction authors find it tricky to know when to rely on fair use and when to seek permission. That’s where this guide comes in. In addition to providing background information on copyright law and fair use, this guide identifies three common situations that nonfiction authors encounter when incorporating existing materials into their works and then discusses general fair use principles and limitations that apply in these situations. This guidance is based on broadly shared norms found in the leading fair use statements of best practices, as well as existing case law." (Introduction)
more
"This publication is the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in the developing world, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia. Based on three years of work by some thirty-five researchers, the study tells two overarching stories: on
...
e tracing the explosive growth of piracy as digital technologies became cheap and ubiquitous around the world, and another following the growth of industry lobbies that have reshaped laws and law enforcement around copyright protection. The report argues that enforcement efforts have largely failed, and that the problem of piracy is better addressed as a failure of affordable access to media in legal markets." (Back cover)
more
"En general, la legislación de cada país obedece al grado de intervención del Estado en su economía y su impacto depende de la capacidad de cada sector de enfrentar las condiciones del mercado. Siendo el sector editorial altamente sensible a los cambios en la economía local, regional y mundial,
...
el éxito en la implementación de leyes y políticas públicas depende de la integración de sus agentes y de la claridad de objetivos legislativos. Por ello, en términos del Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC), dada la interrelación entre todos los agentes del “ecosistema del libro”, el impacto que genera la implementación de políticas públicas en un agente, afecta, inevitablemente al resto de ellos, alterando el funcionamiento de todo este ecosistema. Considerando lo anterior, CERLALC propuso la “Ley tipo de Guayaquil”15, elaborada por sus especialistas, que constituye una herramienta de promoción sectorial de indiscutible valor. En resumen, esta ley tipo se divide en siete secciones y utiliza temas y elementos comunes a cualquiera de nuestros países: Objetivos generales, Autoridad de aplicación, Fomento de la oferta editorial, Fomento de la demanda editorial y de los hábitos de lectura, Control de ediciones y protección de derechos de autor, Sanciones, Reglamento y vigencia. No se busca proponer que la legislación de los países con sectores editoriales menos desarrollados sea reemplazada por esta “ley tipo”, sí queremos sugerir su revisión y análisis, a fin de corregir las imperfecciones de nuestras leyes y potenciar su desarrollo." (Comentarios finales, página 68)
more
"The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is pleased to present this introductory guide for publishers who wish to increase their understanding of how to manage intellectual property rights in a business context. The book offers practical information to help publishers both to exploit int
...
ellectual property rights as economic assets, and to avoid infringing the rights of others. While focusing primarily on publishers of trade books, the concepts covered are equally relevant to publishers of other printed literature, such as textbooks, newspapers, magazines and corporate literature." (Preface)
more
"Un inventaire exhaustif de tous les aspects de l'état du livre dans le monde francophone, y compris la production, la législation relative au livre, les droits d'auteur et la fiscalité, les politiques nationales du livre, ainsi que la commercialisation et la distribution. Comprend des sections s
...
ur la chaîne du livre dans les pays francophones d'Afrique subsaharienne et ceux d'Afrique du Nord." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 398)
more
"A collection of articles by one of Africa's most prolific commentators on the African publishing scene, bringing together his writings on diverse topics, such as autonomous publishing, book marketing and distribution, author-publisher relations, regional cooperation, the World Bank and African publ
...
ishing, reading promotion, the inequalities of international copyright, the problems of censorship and government repression, and book marketing and distribution." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 269)
more
"The first part [...] deals with [...] topics as copyright protection, desktop advances, the role of the editor, multinational publishers, scholarly publishing, best-sellers, and more. Major essays explore the nature and impact of the new technologies, changing patterns of readership, scientific pub
...
lishing, developments in textbooks, encouraging literacy, economics, and other important issues. The second part of the Encyclopedia focuses on international aspects of publishing. It surveys the industry in the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Japan, and examines how developments in the evolving economies of Eastern Europe, the European Community, Southeast Asia, and other parts of the world have an impact on publishing worldwide. The Encyclopedia also offers insights into Africa's drastic book shortage and how the publishing community might reach this market." (Publisher description)
more
"A collection of six papers that aim to fill a void in the current debate about copyright and, at the same time, to bring some balance to the debate by providing a number of perspectives from the developing world. These include a paper by Henry Chakava “International Copyright and Africa: An Unequ
...
al Exchange” and one by Urvashi Butalia “The Issues at Stake: An Indian Perspective on Copyright”. Lynette Owen, Rights and Contracts Director at Longman’s, provides a perspective on copyright by that of a UK publisher." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1743)
more