Universities and Copyright Collecting Societies

by Dinusha K. Mendis

Overview

INTRODUCTION George Bernard Shaw wrote – ‘when a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed 1 of, he always declares that it is his duty. ’ Years earlier La Rochefoucauld noted, ‘hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. ’ But whether stupid or wise, men are not just hypocritical; they are often honestly unsure where their duty lies. This is one of the main reasons for the creation of rules and exceptions to these rules. This book looks at the law of copyright, exceptions to copyright, which apply to Higher Education Institutions (hereinafter HEIs) and the position of the academic author in relation to the reward or incentive system. As such, the book further considers whether academic authors within HEIs are fairly remunerated for their academic contri- tions by the system of copyright collecting societies; and if not, whether alternative models exist to remunerate the academic author fairly. 2 HEIs include universities and other institutions such as colleges and vocational institutions, which award academic degrees including diplomas. This book will focus solely on the university sector of HEIs in the UK. In exploring the two broad subject areas of HEIs and Copyright Collecting Societies, a large variety of issues can be isolated for specific consideration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789067042987
Publisher:	T.M.C. Asser Press
Publication date:	10/22/2009
Series:	Information Technology and Law Series , #18
Edition description:	1st Edition.
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dinusha Mendis is Lecturer in Law at the Lancashire Law School, Centre for Law Information and Converging Technologies, University of Central Lancashire.

Table of Contents

The Law and Technology.- An Introduction to the Historical Development of Copyright Law and Copyright Exceptions.- The Shaping of Modern Copyright Law and Its Application to Higher Education Institutions.- The Law, Technology and Higher Education Institutions.- Higher Education Institutions: Development and Effect on Copyright Law.- An ‘Invitation’ to Copy? Case Studies from Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada.- The Law, Technology, Higher Education Institutions and Copyright Collecting Societies.- Copyright Collecting Societies: An Economic Insight and Their Significance in the Digital Age.- Show Me the Money: A Case Study into the Copyright Licensing Agency.- Solutions for the Digital Era: The Academic Author and Publisher in the Digital Era.- Conclusion: Recommendations for Academic Authors and Collecting Societies — A Proposal for the Future.

Editorial Reviews

To anyone interested in the modern academy, Jerome Kagan's Three Cultures is a must read. With penetrating insight and a rare breadth and sense of history, Kagan takes us on a tour of the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. But much more than a descriptive essay, this work is a profound commentary on the relation between knowledge and the human condition. It should be read by scholars and students in every discipline and will hopefully cultivate a bit more humility in our institutions of higher learning.”
—Richard Davidson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

“Jerome Kagan, a highly distinguished developmental psychologist, here demonstrates an enormous breadth of knowledge of the three cultures – natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. In comparing them he discusses such issues as their different criteria of truth, their tendency to give differing interpretations of the same event, and their changing relative popularity. In discussing each in turn he emphasizes its successes and failures, its merits and errors. This book is stimulating and provocative from the first page if only because no reader will agree with every one of his points. It should be widely read.”
—Robert Hinde, St. John's College, Cambridge

"The Three Cultures compares the premises, vocabulary, sources of evidence, contributions, and limitations of the research, scholarship, and theories of natural scientists, social scientists, and humanists...The book ends by asking scholars in and out of the Academy to adopt a posture of greater humility. It is time for the members of all three cultures to recognize that, like tigers, sharks, and hawks, each is potent in its own territory but impotent in the territory of the other."
—Rorotoko

"...The Three Cultures is best read as if you and your acquaintance, the author, were taking a stroll through once-familiar paths...Kagan’s opinions are uncluttered, instructive, and wise. Each reader will take from the text those that challenge thinking..."
--Douglas K. Candland, PsycCRITIQUES

"...this is an invaluable contribution to an ongoing discussion. Highly Recommended..."
--L.R. Braunstein, Dartmouth College, CHOICE

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