A Private Affair in the UK: Copyright Law in Transition – Private Copying and Format-shifting Exceptions

Authors: Mendis, D. Editors: Gaster, J., Schweighofer, E. and Sint, P. Journal: Knowledge Rights – Legal, Societal and Related Technological Aspects Pages: 219-228 Publisher: Austrian Computer Society Place of Publication: Vienna

“University Challenge”: Balancing the interests of academic authors, publishers and users in Higher Education

The paper will look at the publishing industry and the relationship between publishers and users within the context of collecting societies and consider whether the Copyright Licensing Agency accurately remunerates the academic author.

Copyright and Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A British Academy Review

Authors: MacQueen, H., Mendis, D. and Torsen, M. Pages: 1-22 Publisher: British Academy Place of Publication: London

‘A world without Copyright Collectives? – A consideration of UUK v CLA (2001) and University of New South Wales v Frank Moorhouse (1975)’

Authors: Mendis, D. Start date: 6 April 2005

Show Me the Money: An insight in to the Copyright Licensing Agency and its interaction with Higher Education Institutions

The paper will touch upon the copyright laws that have attempted to regulate copying within HEIs in the UK and consider whether it has been a success or not. The paper will then carry out a study in to CLA and will aim to raise and answer the following question: what really happens to the money that is collected from HEIs by the CLA and distributed through the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) and Publishers Licensing Society (PLS)?

Historical Development of Exceptions to Copyright and its Application to Copyright Law in the 21st Century

The aim of this paper is to take the reader through the historical development of exceptions to rules, in particular exceptions to copyright law in the light of technological advancement. The present discussion will commence by going back in time to consider how exceptions to rules came about and the reasons why exceptions were created in the first place.