by William W. Fisher (2004)
"During the past fifteen years, changes in the technologies used to make and store audio and video recordings, combined with the communication revolution associated with the Internet, have generated a wide array of new ways in which music and movies can be produced and distributed. Both the creators and the consumers of entertainment products stand to benefit from the new systems. If the available technologies were exploited fully, the costs of audio and video recordings would drop sharply, the incomes of artists would rise, many more artists could reach global audiences, the variety of music and films popularly available would increase sharply, and listeners and viewers would be able to participate much more easily in the shaping of their cultural environments. Sadly, we have failed thus far to avail ourselves of these opportunities. Instead, much energy has been devoted to interpreting or changing legal rules in hopes of defending older business models against the threats posed by the new technologies. These efforts to plug the multiplying holes in the legal dikes are failing and the entertainment industry has fallen into crisis." "This book chronicles how we got into this mess and presents three alternative proposals - each involving a combination of legal reforms and new business models - for how we could get out of it."--BOOK JACKET.
Donald S. Passman
This latest edition leads novices and experts alike through up-to-the-minute information on the industry's major changes in response to today's rapid technological advances and uncertain economy.
par Lukombe Nghenda
Analyse des lois : Loi n°08/007 du 07 juillet 2008 portant dispositions générales relatives à la transformation des entreprises publiques; - Loi n°08/008 du 07 juillet 2008 portant dispositions générales relatives au désengagement de l'Etat des entreprises du portefeuille; - Loi n°08/009 du 07 juillet 2008 portant dispositions générales relatives applicables aux établissements publics; - Loi n°09/010 du 07 juillet 2008 fixant les règles à l'organisation et à la gestion du Portefeuille de l'Etat; - Les mesures d'application desdites lois, édictées par les décrets n° 09/11, 09/12/, 09/13 et 09/15 du 24 avril 2009.
Oren M. Levin-Waldman
"This book traces the historical evolution of minimum-wage policy and explains how models are used (and misused) by different interests to achieve their particular aims. Minimum-wage policy was initially legitimated as a broader labor-market policy aimed at achieving greater productivity and labor-market stability. As organized labor has declined as a political force in the last twenty years, the nature of the debate has metamorphized into a narrowly focused and often highly technical discussion concerned with specific effects of given specific increases in the minimum wage, such as either relieving poverty or the so-called adverse effects on youth unemployment. This change has coincided with the greatest stagnation of the minimum wage."--BOOK JACKET.
Michael Imber and Tyll van Geel
"Education Law provides a comprehensive survey of the legal problems and issues that confront school administrators and policy makers. The greater the likelihood of litigation or error in a particular area of professional practice, the more extensive the discussion. The book is organized in accordance with the authors' belief that students need to read cases to understand the subtlety and richness of the law - but that for legal neophytes, cases without discussion and interpretation are often difficult to comprehend. Thus the text both explains the important concepts of principles of education law and presents court decisions to illuminate them. By employing this structure, the book combines the strengths of the traditional casebook and those of the legal treatise. It also discusses the implications of the law for educational policy and practice."--Jacket.