Oxford University Press was kind enough to send me a copy of An Associate’s Guide to the Practice of Copyright Law, by Meaghan Hemmings Kent and Joshua J. Kaufman. Upon receiving the book, I looked at the table of contents and flipped through it and it appeared to be quite a handy general reference guide for copyright issues.
Recently, a client of mine had an unusual copyright issue come up and I found this book to be very helpful. It is perfect as a quick reference, comprehensively covering most common copyright issues from registration and transfer to cease and desist and take-down letters to litigation.
Running a few hundred pages, it does not go in depth into every topic or canvas the relevant case law, however it does an excellent job of laying out the basic principles and of giving clear examples in the Appendix. I found it very handy for quickly checking and verifying certain points that arose.
I recommend it as a copyright reference for practitioners and as a primer and reference for those in a copyright-intensive industry such as publishing, producing/recording, or art. The only downside is the $150 price tag.
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