More books for review

Here is a list of titles recently received for review by JIPLP.  If you are interested in reviewing one of them, please email Sarah Harris at sarah.harris@oup.com and let her know by close of play on Monday 23 November.  If you are not already known to JIPLP as a contributor or book reviewer, please attach a CV or give a brief account as to why you are qualified to assess the title you request. Remember: while reviewers get to keep the book which they review, JIPLP will ask for the book back if it is not reviewed in an expeditious manner so that it can be sent for review by someone else.

The books on offer this time round are as follows:

Concepts of Music and Copyright
Editor: Andreas Rahmatian
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Copyright specialists have often focused on the exploitation of copyright of music and on infringement, but not on the question of how copyright conceptualises music. This highly topical volume brings together specialists in music, musicology and copyright law, providing a genuinely interdisciplinary research approach. It compares and contrasts the concepts of copyright law with those of music and musical performance. The contributors discuss the notions of the musical work, performance, originality, authorship in music and in copyright, and co-ownership from the perspective of their own disciplines. The book also examines the role of the Musicians’ Union in the evolution of performers’ rights in UK copyright law, and, in an empirical study, the transaction costs theory for notice-and-takedown regimes in relation to songs uploaded on YouTube.

Further details of this title can be accessed here 

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Trademarks and Social Media: Towards Algorithmic Justice
Author: Danny Friedmann
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Trademarks and Social Media supports the protection of using the trademark logo correctly on social media. This thoughtful book demonstrates how protection can be implemented within the walled gardens of social media, through the reconciliation of unauthorised use of the trademark logo on social media alongside maintaining the right to exercise freedom of expression.

Legal conflicts between trademark holders, social media providers and internet users have become manifest in the light of wide-scale, unauthorised use of the trademark logo on social media in recent decades. Arguing for the protection of the trademark logo against unauthorised use in a commercial environment, this book explores why protection enforcement should be made automatic. A number of issues are discussed including the scalability of litigation on a case-by-case basis, and whether safe harbour provisions for online service providers should be substituted for strict liability. This book offers an unparalleled insight into the use of the trademark logo on social media, the consequences of incorrect use and practical solutions to achieve algorithmic justice.

Further details of this title can be accessed here 

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Kritika: Essays on Intellectual Property, vol.1
Editors: Peter Drahos et al
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

The field of intellectual property has broadened and deepened in so many ways, and at such pace, that there is a tendency for academic commentators to focus on the next new thing, or to react immediately to judicial developments, rather than to reflect more deeply on the greater themes of the discipline. The Kritika: Essays on Intellectual Property series is a series of books that are designed to fulfill this role by creating a forum for essays that take a critical, long-term approach to the field of intellectual property. Breaking down the barriers of specialization, and laying the foundation for an emergent critical scholarship, this first book in the series brings together the leading scholars in the field to reflect deeply on the current state and future of their discipline.

Further details of this title can be accessed here

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We also have three World Trade Organization (WTO) publications which commemorate the organisation's 20th anniversary. In view of the fact that they appear to be a set, which together describe and contextualise the WTO's , we would like the same reviewer to review all three  of these titles together.  They are

20 years of the WTO: A retrospective
Further details of this title can be accessed here

The WTO at Twenty: Challenges and achievements
Further details of this title can be accessed here

The Making of the TRIPS Agreement: Personal insights from the Uruguay Round negotiations Further details of this title can be accessed here