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Legendary drummer and founding member of The Doors John Densmore unpacks the intersection of art and commerce in this deeply principled middle finger to greed'There are some of us out there who still have principles and cannot be bought. John Densmore is one of them. He is not for sale and that is his gift to us.'—Tom Waits'When you read in these pages about the difficulties in communication suffered by and between surviving band members, you become witness to something very similar to the grief and heartbreak felt by parents who have lost a young child. It wasn't just Jim Morrison that they lost, but their kid, their band, The Doors. Though it's something I don't like to think about, there will come a time when I will be a Dead Rock Star. I can only hope that in my inevitable absence, there will be someone with the integrity and principled behavior of Mr. Densmore looking after whatever legacy our group may leave behind.'—Eddie Vedder IN THE DOORS: UNHINGED, NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the'greed gene'—that part of the human psyche that propels us toward the accumulation of more and more wealth, even at the expense of our principles, friendships, and the well-being of society. This is the gripping account of the legal battle to control The Doors'artistic destiny. In it, Densmore looks at the conflict between his bandmates and him as they fought over the right to use The Doors'name, revealing the ways in which this struggle mirrors and reflects a much larger societal issue: that no amount of money seems to be enough for even the wealthiest people. The Doors continue to attract new generations of fans, with more than one hundred million albums sold worldwide and counting, and nearly twenty million followers to the band's social media accounts. As such, Densmore occupies a rarified space in popular culture. He's beloved by artists across the decades for his fierce, uncompromising dedication to art. His writing consistently earns accolades and has appeared in a range of publications such as the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone. As his friend and American novelist Tom Robbins recently advised him,'If you keep writing like this, I'll have to get a drum set.'This is an incredibly timely and important volume in a contemporary world that is increasingly consumed by an insatiable profit motive. John Densmore has given us a blueprint for an approach to life and culture that is not driven by greed.

This book explores the contributory liability of Internet intermediaries that arises from trademark infringements committed by third parties on the Internet, providing a comprehensive analysis of the law applicable to the matter in an EU context. It also considers the applicable laws of Germany and England to demonstrate how the rules are implemented in national laws, as the current state of the law is two-tiered. In providing a framework of the law applicable to online contributory trademark liability, the book also addresses ongoing and emerging issues that are specific to trademark law and proposes specific solutions to the issues arising in the context of online contributory trademark liability.The liability of Internet intermediaries has been a popular and lively subject from different substantive rights'angles. However, trademark law has not received a great deal of attention from either scholars or legislators. As such, this book fills a gap in the literature by undertaking a trademark-specific examination, and will be of great interest to all those involved in the research and legal practice of trademark law.

Despite the apparent advantages of the internet, there is little debate that it facilitates intellectual property infringements, including infringements of trade mark rights. Infringers not only remain hidden by the anonymity the internet provides but also take advantage of its increasing reach and the associated challenges with regard to cross-border enforcement of rights. These factors, among others, have rendered the internet a growing source of counterfeit and other infringing products. It has, therefore, become necessary for right holders to shift their focus from individual infringers to internet intermediaries, such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs), hosts and navigation providers, which are responsible in numerous ways for making content promoting infringements available to internet users.In light of these developments, this book conducts a comprehensive analysis of the liability of such intermediaries for trade mark infringements and considers the associated issues and challenges in the diverging approaches under which liability may be imposed. At present, however, neither UK trade mark law nor English common-law principles relating to accessorial liability provide a basis to hold internet intermediaries liable for trade mark infringements. As such, this book considers approaches adopted in some of the Continental European countries and the US in order to propose reforms aimed at addressing gaps in the existing legal framework. This book also examines alternative remedies, such as notice and takedown and injunctions, and discusses the associated shortcomings of each of these remedies.

The growth of the Internet has had a profound effect on the way business is carried out, and has provided an unprecedented opportunity for third-party individuals and organisations to attack brands with relative ease. These changes have resulted in the birth of a significant and rapidly-growing new industry: that of online brand protection, consisting of specialist service providers which can be employed by brand owners to monitor and prevent potential attacks on their brand. Brand Protection in the Online World explains the full scope of Internet infringement, and associated monitoring and enforcement options that are most relevant to brand owners and managers. Covering crucial topics such as brand abuse, counterfeiting, fraud, digital piracy and more, Brand Protection in the Online World provides a clear and in-depth exploration of the importance of, and ideas behind, the brand-protection industry.

The United Kingdom's Intellectual Property Office commissioned two consultants to undertake an international comparison of approaches to online copyright enforcement. The aims and objectives of the research were to establish the range of different approaches currently being adopted around the world to enforce copyright in the online environment; and the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches and to what extent enforcement approaches are perceived to be working to reduce infringement levels. The countries chosen for inclusion in the research were as follows: United Kingdom, United States, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Brazil, and South Korea. This book discusses the final report on the international comparison of approaches to online copyright infringement. It also provides the 2014 out-of-cycle review of notorious markets and examines safe harbor for online service providers.

Für ein wirkungsvolles Vorgehen gegen Fälschungen gibt es keine Musterlösung. Jedes Produkt und Geschäftsmodell muss einzeln betrachtet werden und jedes Unternehmen muss seine diesbezüglichen Risiken und Lücken individuell identifizieren, um dann eine maßgeschneiderte Gegenstrategie zu entwickeln. Der unmittelbare Einsatz juristischer Mittel ist oft nur zur „symptomatischen'Bekämpfung der Marken- und Produktpiraterie geeignet. Um den Schaden nachhaltig und effektiv einzudämmen, ist ein ganzheitlicher Ansatz notwendig. Das Konzept muss bereits in der Produktentstehung ansetzen, um dann über die Produktions- und Logistikkette beim Kunden und Verbraucher zu enden. In diesem Buch wird neben einschlägigen gesetzlichen und technischen Grundlagen eine systematische Vorgehensweise vermittelt, um ein wirkungsvolles Konzept zur Prävention und Bekämpfung der Marken- und Produktpiraterie zu erstellen. Praxisbeispiele tragen zum Verständnis der Thematik und zur Verdeutlichung derLösungsansätze bei.