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In Praise of the Title Verso

Velocity of Content

He recently wrote for Publishing Perspectives about his professional obsession with this “most boring bit of any book.” On every title verso , “all rights reserved” will appear. Charkin tells me why these three words are so important to authors and to publishers. All rights reserved means all rights reserved.

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Getting paid to play? Copyright, contract, and the rewards for UGC

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The existence of this dialectical relationship between rightsholder and user sits at odds with the principles of the copyright system which often assume a dichotomous, all-rights-reserved model of creativity. Commercial’ use is instead more narrowly construed by game publishers to mean use for the benefit of a company (e.g.,

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Meeting of the Minds: The Price of Recklessness: Disgorgement of Pro?ts in a Post-Romag World

The IP Law Blog

Published in Landslide , Vol. All rights reserved. companies that contract with foreign manufacturers need to take steps to protect themselves against liability for a profits award arising out of infringement committed through a foreign manufacturer. companies to preserve all their potential remedies.