Art and Copyright

Part 1 Introduction: background and scope copyright and art. Part 2 The copyright system - its justification and history: justifications for copyright history of copyright. Part 3 The modern law of copyright: background UK law. Part 4 Moral rights and droit de suite: moral rights implications of moral rights moral rights in the USA artist's resale right (droit de suite). Part 5 Art and the Internet - copyright, related rights and digitization: copyright in digitized works copyright and computer-generated works transitory copying and the Internet transmission right publication right database right implications of moral rights for the digital environment copyright legislation and the digital future. Part 6 Some current issues: copyright in photographs copyright and visual search engines - fair use and fair dealing in the on-line environment modern and copyright aboriginal works. Part 7 Some practical issues: copyright in the context of loans copyright and setting up a website -acquiring and using image rights the use of images in books - the limits of fair dealing copyright in commissioned works. Part 8 Art and intellectual property rights other than copyright: breach of confidence passing off trade marks domain names. Part 9 Conclusion: categories of art and the subsistence of copyright appropriating the public domain - idea versus expression the digital future.