Contents

Preface to the fifth edition

PART I
The law, and original works

  1.   Publishing and the law

UK and international law

EU law

UK law

  2.   Copyright I: key principles

Original ideas

Introduction to copyright

Copyright and intellectual property

From scrolls to screens: a brief history of copyright

The EU copyright directive: core rights and exceptions

Copyright: the way ahead

Copyright works

Literary works

Artistic works

Dramatic and musical works

Sound recordings, films and broadcasts

Internet transmissions and user-generated works

Typographical arrangements

Ownership of copyright

Qualification for copyright protection

Authors and first publication

Duration of copyright

EU harmonisation, UK extensions and revivals

Duration in individual works

  3.   Copyright II: exceptions, licensing and Open Access

Introduction

The EU Copyright Directive 2001

UK copyright exceptions after 2014

Copying Orphan Works

Copyright licensing and collective management

Creative Commons licensing and Open Access

  4.   Other rights of authors and publishers

Moral rights

The right of paternity

The right of integrity

Derogatory treatment

False attribution

The right to privacy of certain photographs or films

Remedies for infringement of moral rights

Database right

Publication right

Human rights

Public lending right

Artist’s resale right (droit de suite)

PART II
Commissioning: publishing contracts

  5.   Author contracts

How a contract is made

Particular contracts and legal capacity

Author–publisher agreements

The standard author–publisher agreement

Rights granted

Warranties and indemnities

Subsidiary rights

  6.   Other contracts

Academic/professional/STM authors

General editors

Contributors (text and illustrations)

Translators

Subsidiary rights contracts

Online access licences

E-book agreements

Aggregator agreements

Other electronic agreements

Agreements between authors and agents

PART III
Delivery, editing and obligations on publication

  7.   Delivery, editing and obligations on publication

Delivery: acceptance or rejection

Editing and alterations

Permissions

Production and proofs

Obligations on publication

Printers and publishers details

Legal deposit

PART IV
Publish and be damned

  8.   Defamation and other risks

Defamation

Damages

What is defamation?

Libel and slander

Serious harm

Defamatory meaning

Social context

Context of the statement

Hidden meanings and innuendoes

The repetition rule

Levels of meaning

Identification

Publication

Defences

Costs

Linking

Summary checklist: defamation

Malicious falsehood

Negligent mis-statement

Obscenity

Blasphemy

Malicious communications

Incitement of hatred on the grounds of race, religion or sexual orientation

Contempt of court

Summary checklist: other risks

  9.   Confidentiality and privacy

Introduction

Confidential information

Private information

Remedies for breach of confidence and privacy

Data protection

Online issues

The right to be forgotten

Official secrets

Summary checklist: confidentiality and privacy

10.   Copyright infringement

Primary infringement

The Digital Economy Act

Secondary infringement

Permitted acts and other defences

Summary checklist: likeliest possible defences

Civil and criminal remedies in the UK

Piracy

International copyright protection

11.   Trade marks and passing off

Trade marks

Passing off

Domain name disputes

PART V
Sales and supply

12.   Sale of goods, digital content and consumer protection

Sale of goods and digital content

Summary checklist: legal ownership in sales

Summary checklist: descriptions and misrepresentation

Summary checklist: satisfactory quality

Summary checklist: fitness for purpose

Further consumer protection

Summary checklist: consumer protection

Distance selling

Other information requirements on online traders dealing with EU consumers

13.   Advertising and marketing

Introduction

Unfair commercial practices

Unfair contract terms

Business protection from misleading advertising

Comparative advertising

Summary checklist: advertising and marketing

Unsolicited goods and services

Data protection

Summary checklist: promotion and data protection

14.   Distribution and export

Introduction

Trade and competition

Restraint of trade

EU and UK competition rules

Article 34: free movement of goods

Exhaustion of rights

Summary checklist: competition

Appendix A: A to Z glossary of legal terms and abbreviations

Appendix B: useful addresses and websites

Appendix C: further reading and sources

Index