ERIC Number: ED215684
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1981-Sep
Pages: 20
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Private Use, Private Property and Public Policy: Home Recording and Reproduction of Protected Works.
Ladd, David
This discussion of the difficulties of protecting copyright for audio and video recordings focuses on the application of the 1976 Copyright Act and the Fair Use principle to educational off-air taping and private home recording. Court cases such as Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation versus Crooks and Universal Studios, et al. versus Sony Corporation of America, et al. are discussed as well as German and British copyright legislation. (RBF)
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Copyright Law 1976
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