Saint Olave's Law Society Journal ; Issue 01 (Autumn 2013) | Seite 17

Saint
 Olave’s
 Law
 Society
 Journal

Publishing
 law
 has
 got
 even
 more
  complicated
 since
 the
 introduction
 of
 e-­? books
 and
 online
 publishing
 enabling
  many
 authors
 to
 become
 self-­?published
  whilst
 eliminating
 the
 role
 of
 the
  publisher.
 Recent
 developments
 in
  publishing
 include
 green
 publishing;
  this
 means
 adapting
 the
 process
 to
  reduce
 the
 effect
 on
 the
 environment
  including
 on
 demand
 printing
 and
  accessible
 publishing;
 which
 uses
 the
  digitalisation
 of
 books
 to
 make
 them
  accessible
 for
 all
 including
 larger
 print
  sizes
 and
 specialized
 print
 format
 for
  people
 with
 dyslexia.
 The
 e-­?book
  marketing
 industry
 is
 growing
 rapidly
  and
 changing
 various
 aspects
 of
  publishing
 including
 targeted
  marketing,
 virtual
 book
 tours
 and
 the
  use
 of
 social
 media
 to
 sell
 the
 book
 on
  top
 of
 this
 the
 price
 of
 production
 is
  getting
 ever
 lower
 with
 sites
 such
 as
  Amazon,
 who
 have
 over
 230,000
 self-­? published
 books
 available
 on
 kindle
 and
  other
 e-­?readers,
 charging
 only
 £10
 to
  publish
 through
 their
 site.

  Copyright
 law
 covers
 one
 of
 the
 most
  iconic
 speeches
 of
 all
 time;
 the
 ‘I
 Have
 a
  Dream’
 speech
 made
 by
 Martin
 Luther
  King
 Jr.

  Although
 it
 is
 used
 regularly
 in
  presentations
 and
 articles
 the
 use
 of
 this
  speech
 and
 various
 other
 speeches
 by
  King
 is
 a
 violation
 of
 American
 Law.
 This
  is
 unusual
 as
 typically
 a
 speech
  broadcast
 to
 a
 large
 audience
 on
 radio
  and
 television
 is
 considered
 public
  domain,
 however
 in
 December
 1963
  King
 sued
 Mister
 Maestro
 Inc.
 and
  Twentieth
 Century
 Fox
 Records
  Company
 to
 stop
 the
 unauthorised
 sale
  of
 his
 speech.
 Furthermore
 in
 1999
 it
  was
 determined
 that
 the
 speech
 was
 in
  fact
 a
 performance
 first
 distributed
 to
  the
 news
 media
 and
 not
 to
 the
 public,
  making
 it
 a
 “limited”
 publication.
 This
  case
 exemplifies
 the
 complexity
 of
  publishing
 law
 as
 every
 case
 is
  individual
 and
 can
 call
 upon
 various
  aspects
 of
 different
 laws
 that
 are
  manipulated
 and
 changed
 regularly.

  REFERENCES

  • “E-­?how
 Facts;
 internet
 and
 book
  publishing”
 (accessed
 27th
  August
 2013)
  • “Absolute
 write;
 negotiating
  book
 contracts”
 (accessed
 27th
  August
 2013)
  • “Foner
 Books;
 Contracts”
  (accessed
 28th
 August
 2013)
  • “Martin
 Luther
 King
 Online;
 I
  Have
 A
 Dream”
 (accessed
 29th
  August
 2013)

  Issue
 01

 Autumn
 2013

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