SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT LAW FOURTH EDITIONPDF电子书下载
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LEXISNEXIS
出版时间
2003
ISBN
标注页数
389 页
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416 页
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1 Introduction and overview of copyright law 1
Computer software 1
Computer software 1
Computer hardware 2
Intellectual property law and computer software 4
The problem of protecting computer software 5
Why protect computer software? 8
Justifications for the legal protection of computer software 9
Form of protection for computer software 11
Copyright law 19
Duration 21
Ownership 22
Moral rights 25
Rights granted to the owner by copyright law 26
Infringement of copyright 27
Remedies for copyright infringement 28
Defences and exceptions to copyright infringement 30
International copyright conventions 33
The law of breach of confidence 34
Contract law 37
2 Copyright law and computers 40
Introduction 40
Software copyright law - history 41
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 as it applies to computer software 47
General 47
Computer programs 49
Subsistence of copyright in computer programs 49
Computer programs as compilations 56
Preparatory design material 57
Infringement 57
Presumption 60
Copying 63
Copying by digitising 68
Issue of copies to the public 70
Rental or lending to the public 71
Public performance or showing 72
Broadcasting or inclusion in a cable programme 72
Making an adaptation 73
Doing any of the restricted acts in relation to an adaptation 73
Programming languages 74
Computer-generated works 77
Other works stored in a computer 78
Devices to circumvent copy protection 79
3 The look and feel of computer programs 81
Introduction 81
The idea/expression distinction 83
Limits of expression and program structure 86
The look and feel test refined 91
The idea/expression merger doctrine 94
Idea/expression and screen displays 96
User interfaces 101
Solution to example problem 106
Implications for the United Kingdom 107
4 The scope of copyright protection for computer programs and associated works 111
Introduction 111
Copying 112
Copying - fundamental principles 114
Indirect copying 118
Back-up copies of computer programs 121
Limits of objective similarity 125
Look and feel in the United Kingdom 131
Audio-visual displays and associated works 134
Indirect infringement of program code 134
Screen displays and sounds as works of copyright 135
Protection through preparatory materials 139
Screen displays as photographs or films 140
Summary - audio-visual works 142
Exceptions to copyright infringement 144
Other permitted acts 145
Controls over abuse of copyright 147
5 Reverse analysis 151
Introduction 151
Making an adaptation 153
Reverse analysis 159
Ideas and principles 160
Decompilation and interoperability 164
6 Databases 174
Introduction 174
Databases before 1 January 1998 175
Sweat of the brow 177
Current protection of databases 181
Directive on the legal protection of databases 182
Copyright databases 186
Rights, infringement and exceptions 193
Database structure and copyright 194
Moral rights in databases 198
Database right 198
Nature of the database right 199
Maker and owner of the database right 202
Duration of database right 206
Exceptions to database right 210
Presumptions 211
Licensing schemes and licensing bodies 212
Database right - summary 212
Other aspects of databases 213
Postscript 216
7 Electronic publishing 220
Introduction 220
CD-ROM and DVD 221
Discussion 224
Electronic mail 228
The Internet 230
Web pages as a cable programme service 230
Position of service providers 233
Copyright offences on the Internet 237
Other issues 239
Copyright in the information society 240
8 Authorship and ownership of computer programs,databases and other computer works 244
Introduction 244
Copyright authors 244
Copyright owners 248
Database makers and owners of database right 255
Exploitation of copyright and database right 255
Assignment of copyright 256
The licence 259
Typical mechanisms for the commercial exploitation of software 264
9 Computer-generated works 268
Introduction 268
What is a computer-generated work? 270
Types of works created by or with the aid of a computer 274
Works produced with the aid of a programmed computer 276
Works produced by a programmed computer 277
Intermediate works 280
Output from expert systems 281
Practical implications 285
10 Maintenance of computer software 287
Introduction 287
Off-the-shelf software 288
Bespoke software 289
Advantages of modification by client 290
Disadvantages to modification by client 290
Escrow 291
Policy controls 293
11 Semiconductor products protection 300
Introduction 300
The design right 303
Original designs 304
Other aspects of design right 306
Semiconductor regulations 308
12 Summary 312
Software licences 317
Solution to sample problem from Chapter 1 319
Concluding remark 322
Appendix 1 Council Directive of 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programs 325
