Copinger and Skone James on Copyright

This is an essential guide to navigating the ever-evolving landscape of copyright law. This comprehensive update in the form of a 19th edition addresses the complexities introduced by the UK's withdrawal from the EU, including detailed insights from the Supreme Court case Lipton v BA Cityflyer and explores the impact of Brexit on copyright legislation.

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Requirements for copyright protection
• 3. Authorship of copyright works
• 4. Title and licences
• 5. Duration and abandonment of copyright
• 6. The rights of a copyright owner: primary infringement
• 7. Secondary infringement of copyright
• 8. Permitted acts
• 9. Crown rights, parliamentary rights and the rights of international organisations
• 10. Moral rights
• 11. Rights in performances
• 12. Designs: introduction
• 13. Designs: UK unregistered design right
• 14. Designs: Unregistered Community designs, supplementary designs and registered designs
• 15. Copyright in designs
• 16. Design Litigation Issues: Threats and Privilege
• 17. Semiconductor technologies
• 18. Circumvention of protection measures and rights management information
• 19. Fraudulent reception of transmissions
• 20. Publication right
• 21. Database right
• 22. Public lending right
• 23. Artist's resale right
• 24. Civil remedies
• 25. Criminal remedies and customs seizure
• 26. International treaties
• 27. EU law
• 28. The protection of copyright works abroad
• 29. Exploitation of rights in particular industries
• 29.1. The publishing industry
• 29.2. The news industry
• 29.3. The music industry
• 29.4. The film industry
• 29.5. The broadcasting industry
• 29.6. The theatre industry
• 29.7. The advertising industry
• 29.8. The computer software industry
• 29.9. The computer games industry
• 30. Copyright and technology
• 31. Collecting societies
• 32. Control of the exercise of copyrights and related rights
• 33. Taxation of copyright

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