Copyright

Edward W. Ploman, a Swedish expert in international communications, was the Vice-Rector of the Global Learning Division of the United Nations University. He was Executive Director of the International Institute of Communications in London from 1972–1981. He had worked in various capacities for the European Broadcasting Union, the United Nations, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and other bodies.L. Clark Hamilton worked for the Library of Congress as the Chief of the Computer Applications Office where, eventually, he rose to the position of Deputy Register of Copyrights. He specialized in the development of legal information retrieval systems. In 1980, Clark retired from the Library of Congress and was recalled to active duty in the Air Force working with the Pentagon and DIA. He was a member of the American Bar Association.

• 1. Origins and early development 2. Modern systems and principles of copyright 3. International agreements and structures 4. Representative national copyright systems 5. Challenges to copyright: new technologies and media 6. The outer limits of copyright 7. Policies for the information age

Reviews of the first publication:“…there is important material in this book for anyone interested in questions of property and property rights in the changing economic and political configurations of our times.”—Jennifer Daryl Slack, Media, Culture & Society“…for the policymaker and layman, the authors have produced a well-written, understandable, readable essay in a remarkably small number of pages on a subject that is recognized to be "one of the most complicated and esoteric branch of law." Because an essay of such high quality is an accomplishment itself, this layman reviewer recommends the book highly to every reader of this review.”—H. William Koch, Jurimetrics Journal