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Author Sparrow, Andrew.

Title Film and television distribution and the Internet : a legal guide for the media industry / Andrew Sparrow
Edition First edition
Published Aldershot, England : Gower ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]
©2007

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Description viii, 217 pages ; 25 cm
Contents The impact of the Internet on film and television distribution -- Online contracts for the sale of film titles & merchandise -- Website terms and conditions for the supply of film DVD's and other movie merchandise over the Internet -- The electronic commerce (EC directive) regulations 2002 -- Protecting and exploiting intellectual property rights in online film and television content -- The marketing of film titles and merchandise online -- Collecting online data about film buying audiences -- The distance selling regulations and online film title and merchandise sales -- Paying for film downloads -- Engaging with new content platforms -- Strategic agreements between the online film company and content aggregators -- Online advertising and promotion of film and television titles and merchandise -- Electronic signatures and online film sales -- Disability discrimination issues for film websites -- Whose law applies to film sales over the Internet -- The audiovisual services directive
Summary "This companion volume to Andrew Sparrow's Music Distribution and the Internet: A Legal Guide for the Music Business focuses on the practical application of UK and EU law as it applies to the distribution of television and film through the internet. This includes terms of contract and copyright as they affect studios, broadcasters, sales agents, distributors, internet service providers, film financiers, and online film retailers; as well as areas such as the licensing of rights. It also covers the commercial aspects of delivering film and television services to a customer base, including engaging with new content platforms, strategic agreements with content aggregators, protecting and exploiting intellectual property rights, data and consumer protection and payment, online marketing and advertising."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page [211]) and index
Subject Copyright and electronic data processing -- European Union countries.
Copyright -- Broadcasting rights.
Copyright -- Motion pictures.
Internet.
Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries.
Motion pictures -- Distribution -- Law and legislation.
Mass media -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries.
Motion pictures -- Internet marketing -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries.
Television programs -- Internet marketing -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries.
Television programs -- Syndication -- Law and legislation.
Video rental services -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries.
LC no. 2007003899
ISBN 0566087367 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780566087363 (hbk. : alk. paper)