Yearbook of Copyright and Media Law: 1999 Volume IV (Vol 4) [Hardcover]

Eric Barendt (Editor), Alison Firth (Editor), Stephen Bate (Editor), Thomas Gibbons (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0198268734 | ISBN-13: 978-0198268734

Formerly known as the Yearbook of Media and Entertainment Law, 1999 sees this well-established Yearbook renamed as the Yearbook of Copyright and Media Law to emphasize its ever growing level of copyright and intellectual property law coverage. New survey sections feature the implementation of the EC Directive on the Term of Copyright and annual reviews of Trade Mark cases and developments affecting Collective Licensing.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`This book would make a useful addition to the shelves for quick and easy reference to facts and recent developments in the areas of media law, balanced by thoughtful conclusions.' Amber Melville, Gazette (Weekly Journal of the Law Society)

`a very useful source of reference on the current position on any particular area of the law it covers.' Amber Melville-Brown, Gazette (Weekly Journal of the Law Society)

`The various independent sections of the book cover an impressively wide range ... the chapters are consistent in being fairly highbrow and academic, and packed with case references, examples, and the writers' own conclusions.' Amber Melville-Brown, Gazette (Weekly Journal of the Law Society

`The book is nicely bound, pleasant to the eye and a weighty tome ... it's a good book covering a whole host of subjects linked by the common themes of copyright and the media.' Amber Melville-Brown, Gazette (Weekly Journal of the Law Society)

`In addition to the annual surveys, the book carries stimulating articles on current developments' Media Lawyer Jan/Feb 2000

`it's a good book covering a whole host of subjects linked by the common themes of copyright and the media ... This book would make a useful addition to the shelves for quick and easy reference to facts and recent developments in the areas of media law, balanced by thoughtful conclusions.' Amber Melville-Brown, Law Society Gazette, 17/2/00

About the Author

Eric Barendt is Goodman Professor of Media Law at University College London and a former Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford.

Alison Firth is senior lecturer in intellectual property law at Queen Mary and Westfield College London.

Stephen Bate is a barrister specialising in copyright and media law and has published on satellite telecommunications as well as the regulation of broadcasting

Thomas Gibbons is a lecturer in law at the University of Manchester

Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198268734
• ISBN-13: 978-0198268734
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,368,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)