Digital Media: Contracts, Rights and Licensing

by Alan Williams

Concentrating on physical media: CD-ROM, DVD, video games, the Internet and on-line access, and digital broadcasting, this volume discusses practical rights clearance and acquisition. This edition investigates key developments in digitization and takes a more transactional approach. It also includes a set of full-form precedents and has a wider selection of sample clauses. In addition, the book considers right clearance in response to technological developments for the protection of the business and features full coverage of on-line services and transactions involving the Internet.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published December 24, 1998

About the author

Alan Williams worked as a script editor for the BBC, working on Absolutely Fabulous, Birds of a Feather and Keeping up Appearances amongst others. He went on to edit Writers' Monthly and now publishes two influential films and television magazines. He lives in Blackheath, London, has won awards for his short stories, and includes dieting and chocolate éclairs as his hobbies.