Then here's the perfect idea.
The 1709 Blog has in fact just found
out that the 5th edition of the most authoritative work on Performers' Rights has finally been released.
The author, The Hon Mr Justice Arnold,
requires no introduction.
According to the publisher's website,
this essential handbook for practitioners
advising performers, their representatives, exploiters of performers’ rights
and their representatives provides an in-depth treatment of performers’
statutory rights under Part II of the 1988 Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act and subsequent legislation, together with broad coverage of the
legal position of performers more generally.
Overall, Performers'
Rights:
·
Explains the nature and duration of
performers’ rights, including the key case law
·
Sets out the key definitions, including
“performers”, “ownership” and “broadcasting”, as well as the categories of live
performance
·
Explains the relationship between
performers’ rights and recording rights
·
Discusses each type of infringement of
performers’ rights – and the available defences
·
Explains proceedings – who can sue, who
can be sued, and where – and the different remedies available
·
Covers moral rights as they apply to
performers
·
Explains the various criminal offences
·
Analyses the contracts available to
protect rights, including assignment and licences
·
Covers other protections, such as
authorship, copyright in sound recordings and films, and passing off
·
Sets out the protection in key
countries, including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Jamaica,
Kenya, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa and USA
·
Reproduces the relevant parts of
legislation, rules, regulations, treaties, conventions and agreements
 |
| Classic reaction when your child does NOT receive a copyright book at Christmas |
·
Amendments to the Copyright, Designs
and Patents Act 1988 made by the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Research, Education,
Libraries and Archives) Regulations 2014, the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Disability)
Regulations 2014, the Copyright (Public Administration) Regulations 2014, the
Copyright and Rights and Performances (Quotation and Parody) Regulations 2014 and
the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Licensing of Orphan
Works) Regulations 2014
·
Other legislative developments such as
the Copyright (Regulation of Licensing Bodies) Regulations 2014 and
the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Extended Collective
Licensing) Regulations 2014
·
The case law of the Court of Justice of
the European Union concerning communication to the public
·
The case law of the Court of Justice of
the EU concerning exceptions and limitations
·
Domestic case law including Henderson v All Around the World Recordings [here]
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