Copyright and Multimedia Products
A Comparative Analysis

A treatment of copyright issues relating to multimedia (databases, audiovisual works and computer programs).

Irini A. Stamatoudi (Author)

9780521808194, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 November 2001

336 pages
23.6 x 16 x 2.5 cm, 0.638 kg

'… this is an extremely impressive piece of research … a valuable contribution to the debate surrounding intellectual property protection of multimedia.' The European Intellectual Property Review

Multimedia products have experienced tremendous market success. Yet too often they are given inadequate protection under existing national and international copyright schemes. Irini Stamatoudi provides a comprehensive, comparative treatment of multimedia works and copyright protection in this clear and concise volume. A detailed introduction outlines the nature of the multimedia work, as well as the scope of existing legislation; separate chapters consider collections and compilations, databases, audiovisual works and computer programs (video games are here treated as a 'test case'). Stamatoudi then analyses issues of qualification, regime of protection, and offers a model for a European legislative solution. Copyright and Multimedia Products will interest academics and students, as well as practitioners and copyright policy makers.

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Placing multimedia products within the scope of copyright
2. The scope of multimedia works
3. Traditional literary works
4. Collections and compilations
5. Databases
6. Audiovisual works
7. Computer programs
8. Video games as a test case
9. Multimedia products and existing categories of copyright works
10. A regime of protection for multimedia products
11. Conclusion
Postscript
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Intellectual property law [LNR]