Copyright and Multimedia Products A Comparative Analysis [Hardcover]

A treatment of copyright issues relating to multimedia (databases, audiovisual works and computer programs).Multimedia products have become highly successful. Yet they are often inadequately protected by existing national and international copyright schemes. Here is one of the first comprehensive, comparative treatments of multimedia works and copyright protection. Stamatoudi considers the nature of the multimedia work, existing legislation, and goes on to consider collections and compilations, databases, audiovisual works and computer programs; finally, she offers a model for a European legislative solution. Copyright and Multimedia Works will interest academics and students, as well as practitioners and copyright policy makers.Multimedia products have become highly successful. Yet they are often inadequately protected by existing national and international copyright schemes. Here is one of the first comprehensive, comparative treatments of multimedia works and copyright protection. Stamatoudi considers the nature of the multimedia work, existing legislation, and goes on to consider collections and compilations, databases, audiovisual works and computer programs; finally, she offers a model for a European legislative solution. Copyright and Multimedia Works will interest academics and students, as well as practitioners and copyright policy makers.Multimedia products have become highly successful. Yet they are often inadequately protected by existing national and international copyright schemes. This study is one of the first comprehensive, comparative analyses of multimedia works and copyright protection. Stamatoudi considers the nature of the multimedia work, and existing legislation, as well as collections and compilations, databases, audiovisual works and computer programs. Finally, she offers a model for a European legislative solution. Her work will interest academics and students, as well as lawyers and copyright policy makers.Acknowledgements; List of abbrevlc¿