Comic art, creativity and the law
By: Marc H. Greenberg, professor of law, Golden Gate University School of Law, USA
Series: Elgar law and entrepreneurship
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781781954928
Subjects: Law and legislation; Comic books, strips
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The neuroscience of creativity; title: How law views the creative process; title: A brief history of comic art; title: The structure and common modes for comic art; title: Uneasy bedfellows : comic art creators and publishers : how comic art publishing contracts shape the creation of comic art; title: Copyright law's impact on the creative process in comic art; title: A short comment on derivative works, fan art and fiction; title: The power to tax and the First Amendment : Mavrides v. Board of Equalization; title: Censoring creativity, the Comics Code Authority and the birth of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; title: Obscenity law and the First Amendment : CBLDF to the defense; title: The bigger picture : obscenity, the First Amendment and the moral education of the young; title: Comic art and the law in the international marketplace; title: Comic art, law and the digital revolution; title: Concluding remarks.