Authors: Mendis, D. Journal: European Intellectual Property Review Volume: 30 Pages: 1-3 ISSN: 0142-0461
This paper will initially re-address the longstanding eBook debate and address the more complicated legal issues arising from these latest devices with particular reference being made to the Sony Reader. Since plenty of attention has been lavished on the music industry and online digital music distribution it is the aim to explore a relatively unexplored area of the eBook Reader and the ‘paperless word’ and the legal challenges faced by the eBook industry.
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
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.
Authors: MacQueen, H., Mendis, D. and Torsen, M. Pages: 1-22 Publisher: British Academy Place of Publication: London
Authors: Mendis, D. Start date: 6 April 2005
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)?
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.
