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1) Goodbye girl
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 18
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Piracy costs the movie and music industry billions. No one has been able to stop it. But that won’t stop Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck. His latest client, Imani Nichols, is a Grammy-winning popstar whose career has skyrocketed. Despite her success, she’s the most underpaid superstar on the planet because of an onerous record contract she signed as a teenager with her now ex-husband Shaky Nichols, who has made himself rich off her...
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If you work with words, you need this book No writer likes to see their hard work or creativity copied by others-or to be accused of copying. Fortunately,The Copyright Handbook provides everything you need to protect yourself. Find information and forms to help you: learn what copyright law protects and doesn't register your work with the Copyright Office deal with infringers, online and off transfer ownership of a copyright get international copyright...
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This film explores the three questions crucial to determining fair use exemptions and presents illustrative examples from nonfiction, fiction, and experimental films that use pre-existing footage, music and sound from other individuals' creations--without permission or paying fees. Through on-camera interviews with noted documentarians, film and legal experts, OPF also reviews relevant court cases and clarifies legal issues regarding trademark, parody,...
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"Intellectual property law in the United States does not work well and it needs to be reformed--but not for the reasons given by most critics. The issue is not that intellectual property rights are too easily obtained, too broad in scope, and too long in duration. Rather, the primary problem is overreaching by publishers, producers, artists, and others who abuse intellectual property law by claiming stronger rights than the law actually gives them....
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 39
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Geronimo Stilton participates in the New Mouse City Song Festival, after his friend Champ Strongpaws enters him.
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Word$ volume 1
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In a world where every word and gesture is copyrighted, patented or trademarked, one girl elects to remain silent rather than pay to speak, and her defiant and unexpected silence threatens to unravel the very fabric of society. Speth Jime is anxious to deliver her Last Day speech and celebrate her transition into adulthood. The moment she turns fifteen, Spth must pay for every word she speaks ("Sorry" is a flat ten dollars and a legal admission of...
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The flow of information through our modern digital world has led to many new issues and controversies. Content Ownership and Copyright examines the role copyrights play in the areas of public domain, intellectual property, schools, and the digital realm --Source other than Library of Congress.
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"In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow's Information Doesn't Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This is a book about the pitfalls and the opportunities that creative industries (and individuals) are confronting today - about how the old models have failed or found new footing,...
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"This ... book shows you how to get the rights you need, with step-by-step instructions and more than 30 forms. Find out when permission is required, who to ask, and when (and how much) you can expect to pay. Getting Permission explains: the copyright permission process; the public domain ("free" content); how to figure out who owns a copyright; website permissions; the 'fair use' rule; school-related permissions; license and merchandise agreements...
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Mark Helprin anticipated that his 2007 New York Times op-ed piece about the extension of the term of copyright would be received quietly, if not altogether overlooked. Within a week, the article had accumulated 750,000 angry comments. He was shocked by the breathtaking sense of entitlement demonstrated by the commenters, and appalled by the breadth, speed, and illogic of their responses. Helprin realized how drastically different this generation is...
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Word$ volume 2
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In this gripping sequel to All Rights Reserved, Speth Jime has freed her home of Portland from the oppressive system that forced everyone to pay for every word they spoke. Now she will discover the cost of that freedom, and the devastating secrets of the world beyond her dome.--Amazon.com.
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In our age of unlimited, around-the-clock communication, copyright literacy has become a must for almost all of us, and everyone-informed or not-seems to have strong opinions about the rights of copyright owners and the rights of copyright users. This clearly written and objective book will reward readers with a more concrete understanding of our whole copyright system. Intellectual property lawyer Lee Wilson, author of six books on intellectual property...
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Fredy Adolfo Forero Villa, coordinador del área de Derecho de Autor del Cerlalc, ofrece respuestas a dudas a las que suele enfrentarse el editor universitario en su día a día relativas a los derechos autorales. Forero aborda asuntos como el uso de imágenes, la gestión de obras huérfanas, la política de acceso abierto, la contratación de servicios con agregadores digitales para la distribución de obras y los elementos esenciales de un contrato,...
14) Copyright Master
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The perfect distillation of everything you need to know about copyright law.
Covering everything from copyright's early history to the protection of cutting-edge software, Copyright Master is a concise, practical guide through the labyrinth of licensing and intellectual property.
Whether by explaining the Creative Commons system, providing a useful guide to takedown notices, or examining the process for licensing orphan works, Copyright Master forms...
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Copyright enforcement is a very significant area in IPR, which protects the authors, performers and even computer programmers and performers. The law in the topic was largely not settled till the Amendment Act, 2013 came in to existence. The Author has made earnest efforts to study the Amendment Bill ,2012 of Copyright Act along with provisions in European and United States Law and has visited in to the provisions of Enforcement of Copyright. The...
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In Copyright's Highway, one of the nation's leading authorities on intellectual property law offers an engaging, readable, and intelligent analysis of the effect of copyright on American politics, economy, and culture. From eighteenth-century copyright law, to the "celestial jukebox," to the future of copyright issues in the digital age, Paul Goldstein presents a thorough examination of the challenges facing copyright owners and users. In this fully...
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In this book you will learn: The 10 rules every artist should know; What is a copyright and how to get one; Why it is important to register your copyrights; The two copyrights in every song; What is music publishing; The exclusive rights you get with every copyright ; All the revenue streams songs generate; A checklist for new releases; The digital revolution and the new model of streaming; Joint authorship, works-made-for-hire, and more music licensing...
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En el estado actual de la tecnología y gracias a Internet, determinados modelos de negocio existentes, como el streaming, la descarga directa o el intercambio mediante redes P2P, han contribuido a una mayor difusión y acceso a los contenidos protegidos por parte de los usuarios. Sin embargo, también han sido y son utilizados en ocasiones para hacer un uso ilícito de dichas explotaciones, permitiendo el acceso a contenidos protegidos sin autorización...
19) Metabibliotecas y criptomuseos: Nuevas formas de difusión Del patrimonio cultural y su implicación e
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La obra, prologada por tres prestigiosos juristas especializados en el derecho de la propiedad intelectual, Vanessa Jiménez Serranía, Fernando Carbajo Cascón y Concepción Saiz García – jurados de la X edición del Premio Antonio Delgado - analiza las implicaciones del uso de las tecnologías emergentes por parte de las instituciones responsables del patrimonio cultural en los derechos de propiedad intelectual.
El trabajo destaca que desde...
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One composer, thousands of songs, millions of videos, and billions of views: Kevin MacLeod is the world’s most-heard living composer...who nobody’s heard of. His music reaches more people on a daily basis (measured by unique internet views) than every cable, broadcast, and network in western media combined. "ROYALTY FREE: THE MUSIC OF KEVIN MACLEOD" is a documentary about this remarkable musician, who has released thousands of his songs for free...
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