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This is the first major published work to address many important new changes to Canada's copyright regime. The preface provides a succinct overview of all amendments to the Copyright Act brought about by Bill C-11, and the title contains numerous pin-point references to specific legislative changes.
Copyright laws are instrumental in protecting the distribution of and access to works of art and intellect. However, these rights can be difficult to optimize and enforce. A clear understanding of the nature, scope and purpose of copyright law is essential in providing clients with clear and cogent advice.
With a detailed analysis of relevant legislation and seminal case law, Halsbury's Copyright title provides practitioners with a competitive advantage in creating copyrights, maximizing their protection and taking timely and effective action against their infringement.
Topics in this national reference include:
- Protected works and neighbouring rights
- Authorship
- Originality
- Fixed or ephemeral
- Modification
- Exclusions
- Ownership, assignment and licensing
- Crown copyright
- Employment
- Photographs
- Partial assignment
- Reversion (including on bankruptcy)
- Term of protection
- Procedure
- Infringement
- Communication to or performance in public
- Mechanical contrivance
- Permitting use of place of entertainment
- Public exhibition of artistic work
- Sale, rental, importation or offer for trade
- Three-dimensional copying
- Translation
- Moral rights
- Ownership
- Subsistence
- Infringement
- Remedies
- Civil remedies
- Criminal sanctions
And much more.
Special Features
- Enhanced contents
- A general table of contents to the level of chapter headings
- A detailed table of contents to the level of clause headings
- Detailed sectional contents set out within the commentary for each chapter and section
- References and abbreviations – an alphabetical listing of special references and abbreviations used in the volume, with an explanation of their meaning
- Selected secondary sources – setting out selected texts, articles, and other secondary sources pertaining to the subject that the reader may find to be relevant and helpful
- Glossary of definitions – identifying words and phrases defined in relevant legislation, and providing the text of the definition in each jurisdiction for easy reference. A valuable quick reference to a wide variety of statutes promulgated across many jurisdictions
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