The Illustrated Story of Copyright

by Edward Samuels

Book Overview

This text is designed to inform an audience of the purpose of copyright and how it has changed. Samuels explores what copyright protects, how to determine what is original, the rights of copyright holders and how they can be enforced.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312289014
• ISBN13: 9780312289010
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Griffin
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.6" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Copyrights made easy

Unlike many books on legal issues that are important to non-lawyers, this book strikes a very readable balance between providing useful advice and being something you actually enjoy reading. I would rate this a "must read" for anybody dealing with commercialization of art, photography, writing, data ...The historic perspective is invaluable for understanding copyrights, and Samuels does a superb job of showing how US law has evolved to meet challenges of evolving technologies and markets.I look forward to a second edition in a few years as the WWW saga unfolds.

An Open Book

If you want to know what it's all about - just what it is that writers, publishers, composers, musicians, sculptors and photographers own - and what use you can make of their work, this is a great place to start.A lucid survey of the history, and logic of the law of copyright, Samuels' well laid out, and copiously illustrated book is a useful guide for editors, writers, agents, websters, napsters, law students, and even law professors.The numerous side bars and photos provide stories that illuminate the logic of copyright law. A subject which is in danger of being throttled by technical detail (the Copyright Act is must reading for insomniacs) is made plain here. It's a great introduction and a helpful wrap up for those who know the ropes, but have gotten tangled in the details.