Definition
Copyright (Ro.: drept de autor, De.: ~s Urheberrecht, Fr.: droit d’auteur, n.m., Gr.: πνευματική ιδιοκτησία, Cz.: autorská práva, Alb.: E drejta e Autorit) (See also: patent, trademark, authorship, intellectual property) = a legal concept which expresses the respect and protection of the right of creators in their works, in any tangible medium of expression, known at the moment or later developed. The creator thus has exclusive ownership rights over the results of his/her work.
Useful links
Legislation
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/t_agm0_e.htm - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 1994 – WTO [English]
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=288514 - Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property [English]
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=295166 – WIPO Copyright Treaty Geneva 1996 [English]
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=283698 - Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works [English]
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=295837 – Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual performances 2012 [English]
http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=154395 - Act No. LXXVI of 1999 on Copyright, Hungary [English]
http://www.cdep.ro/pls/legis/legis_pck.htp_act_text?idt=10396 – Romanian Copyright Law 1996, Romania [Romanian]
Jurisprudence
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/display.html?terms=copyright&url=/supct/html/00-201.ZS.html - NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. TASINI (00-201) 533 U.S. 483, 2001
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/display.html?terms=copyright&url=/supct/html/05-1056.ZS.html - MICROSOFT CORP. v. AT&T CORP. (No. 05-1056), 2007
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&num=C-281/09 - European Commission v. Kingdom of Spain, Case C-281/09, 2011
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&num=C-403/08 - Football Association Premier League Ltd. and Others v. QC Leisure and Others (C-403/08) and Karen Murphy v. Media Protection Services Ltd. (C-429/08), 2011
Organisations and associations
http://www.wipo.int/portal/en/ - World Intellectual Property Organization
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ - Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)
http://www.csusa.org/ - The Copyright Society of the US (USA)
http://www.internationalpublishers.org/ - The International Publishers Association
http://www.eucopyright.com/ - The EU Copyright Office
Online publications
http://books.google.ro/books?id=_bOYZa_NCdkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=copyright&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YLFmU9-bM6ew7AaRn4DIAQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=copyright&f=false – Patry, W., 2009, Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars, Oxford: Oxford University Press
http://books.google.ro/books?id=8-4catWPy84C&printsec=frontcover&dq=copyright&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YLFmU9-bM6ew7AaRn4DIAQ&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=copyright&f=false – Patry, W., 2011, How to fix Copyright, Oxford: Oxford University Press
http://books.google.ro/books?id=UWcBAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=copyright+law&hl=en&sa=X&ei=krFmU82EDc-M7Aa5zYHoCw&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=copyright%20law&f=false – Goldstein, P., Bernt, P., 2012, International Copyright: Principles, Law and Practice, Oxford: Oxford University Press
http://books.google.ro/books?id=jraGTPY1YhIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=copyright+law&hl=en&sa=X&ei=krFmU82EDc-M7Aa5zYHoCw&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=copyright%20law&f=false – 2009, Harmonizing European Copyright Law: The Challenges of Better Lawmaking, Kluwer Law International
http://books.google.ro/books?id=vbwBccM3Hd8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=copyright+law&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sbFmU_maHY3e7AbOsIDQCQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=copyright%20law&f=false – van Gompel, S., 2011, Formalities in Copyright Law: An Analysis of Their History, Rationales and Possible Future, Wolters Kluwer International
http://www.google.hu/books?hl=en&lr=&id=a-yu2-JUQNAC&oi=fnd&pg=PT31&dq=copyright&ots=5TV4eUGqmE&sig=B0n1Zn3MqTIit8g8zjdsl--HteI&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=copyright&f=false – Leaffer, M., 2010, Understanding Copyright Law, LexisNexis
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/csls/HavemanPaper4Nov.pdff - Haveman, H., Kluttz, D., 2013, Copyright Law, Cultural Conceptions of Authorship, and the American Magazine Industry
Publications
Shi, W., 2008, Intellectual Property in the Global Trading System: EU-China Perspective, Berlin: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Weinstock Netanel, N., 2008, Copyright Paradox, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Georgescu, I., 2009, Managementul dreptului de autor, Craiova: Sitech
Romitan, C.R., Buta, P., 2008, Drept comunitar al proprietății intelectuale: dreptul de autor și drepturile conexe, Bucureşti: All Beck
Cornish, W., Llewelyn, G., Aplin, T., 2013, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trademarks & Allied Rights, Sweet and Maxwell
Practical use
http://www.copyrightlaws.com/ - The Copyrightlaws.com