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Copyright Protection For Architectural Works, David E. Shipley
Copyright Protection For Architectural Works, David E. Shipley
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Architecture is the most commonly experienced and pervasive of all the arts. The creative efforts of architects culminate in structures used for shelter, pleasure, business, entertainment, and transportation.1 Architects express their design concepts in sketches, elevations, floor plans, working drawings, specifications, renditions, and three-dimensional models. Their labors in shaping the ideas for a building from rough conceptions into plans and then into completed structures are similar to the efforts of other creators. An architect is as much an author as is a sculptor or a dramatist. His plans, renditions, and the resulting structure will ordinarily show originality and will reflect …
Conflicts Between Copyright And The First Amendment After Harper & Row, Publishers V. Nation Enterprises, David E. Shipley
Conflicts Between Copyright And The First Amendment After Harper & Row, Publishers V. Nation Enterprises, David E. Shipley
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The relationship between copyright and the first amendment has been discussed repeatedly in the past fifteen years. A free speech privilege has been asserted as a defense in many copyright infringement actions, and the topic has been the subject of lively academic debate. Although no court has held an infringement claim to be defeated by a first amendment defense, considerable attention has been paid to the potential conflict between copyright and free speech interests. Commentators have speculated that in some situations copyright protection could impermissibly abridge the first amendment. The United States Supreme Court's decision in Harper & Row, Publishers …
Motion Pictures In American And International Copyright Law, Christof Siefarth
Motion Pictures In American And International Copyright Law, Christof Siefarth
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This thesis intends to examine some problems of motion pictures in American and international copyright law. Motion pictures are one of the most fascinating forms of communication and entertainment. They are of enormous commercial significance and are probably the most complex works in the field of copyright law. The American motion picture industry is heavily influential throughout the world. Therefore, the subject of this work will be mainly the American copyright law. Solutions of other legal systems are treated when they provide interesting alternatives or similarities.