Film Copyright in the European Union / Edition 2

by Pascal Kamina

Overview

Intellectual property issues in the film industry are often highly complex and in today's world are evolving rapidly. In this second edition of Film Copyright in the European Union, Pascal Kamina unravels the complexities of film protection in twenty-eight member states of the European Union, including thirteen new member states who have joined since the first edition. As well as addressing key aspects of film copyright, Pascal Kamina also deals with the protection of film works within the European Union in the context of European harmonisation of copyright laws. Including a new chapter on copyright enforcement, this second edition details the substantial developments in EU law during the last decade, including major cases for the European Court of Justice, new treaties and new directives. This book will interest practitioners, academics and students. The developments on contracts and moral rights will be of particular interest to lawyers outside continental Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107120747
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/28/2016
Series:	Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law , #33
Edition description:	2nd Revised ed.
Pages:	562
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.26(d)

About the Author

Pascal Kamina, Dr Jur (France), LLM, PhD (Cantab) is University Professor at the Université de Franche-Comté as well as Attorney at Law of the Paris Bar. He is the author of Droit du cinéma (Cinema Law) (2011, 2nd edition 2014) and of several monographs and chapters on the subjects of film copyright and media law in both French and English.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; 1. Introduction; 2. The history of film protection in Europe; 3. Subsistence of copyright; 4. Authorship and initial ownership; 5. Copyright transfers and authorial rights; 6. Exclusive rights; 7. Exemptions and permitted acts; 8. Moral rights in films; 9. Performers' rights; 10. Protection of foreign film works.

Editorial Reviews

Since 1992, the European Commission has set about eliminating differences in national copyright legislation related to film in the Single Market. Kamina (U. of Poitiers, France) examines the process the EC legislation has begun in the national systems, as well as some of the legal history preceding the EC directives. The bulk of the material is devoted to the current legal regime governing the main aspects of film protection: the question of authorship and initial ownership; the regime of copyright transfers; the exclusive rights granted to film authors; the limitations of and exemptions from these rights; the question of moral rights; the regime of performers' rights; and the protection of foreign film works. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"Pascal Kamina, assistant professor at the University of Poitiers, in his Film Copyright in the European Union, has done an outstanding job in providing a highly readable overview of European copyright and devised excellent navigation tools to move the reader through the hundreds of legal issues and fifteen nations involved...extremely useful." The Moving Image

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