Publishing of books, periodicals and other publishing

From Copyright EVIDENCE

This industry category includes the following:

58.1 Publishing of books, periodicals and other publishing activities This group includes activities of publishing books, newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, directories and mailing lists, and other works such as photos, engravings, postcards, timetables, forms, posters and reproductions of works of art. These works are characterised by the intellectual creativity required in their development and are usually protected by copyright.

58.11 Book publishing
This class includes the activities of publishing of books in print, electronic (CD, electronic displays etc.) or audio form or on the Internet.
Included are:
publishing of books, brochures, leaflets and similar publications, including publishing of dictionaries a –– nd encyclopaedias
- publishing of atlases, maps and charts
- publishing of audio books
- publishing of encyclopaedias etc. on CD-ROM
58.12 Publishing of directories and mailing lists
This class includes the publishing of lists of facts/information (databases) that are protected in their form, but not in their content. These lists can be published in printed or electronic form.
This class includes:
- publishing of mailing lists
- publishing of telephone books
- publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical compendia etc.
58.13 Publishing of newspapers
This class includes the publishing of newspapers, including advertising newspapers, appearing at least four times a week. Publishing can be in print or electronic form, including on the Internet.
58.14 Publishing of journals and periodicals
58.14/1 Publishing of learned journals
This subclass includes the activities of publishing journals reporting or discussing the results of scholarly research and intended for an academic and research-based readership; they are normally peer-reviewed and the primary source of revenue is not the sale of advertisement space, but subscription. They appear less than four times a week and can be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet.
58.14/2 Publishing of consumer, business and professional journals and periodicals
This subclass includes the activities of publishing journals and periodicals providing entertainment or lifestyle information to individuals, information within businesses or across the business community or information for trades or professions. It also includes customer magazines produced for businesses and distributed free, newsletters and the publishing of radio and television schedules. These publications appear less than four times a week and can be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet.
58.19 Other publishing activities
This class includes:
- publishing (including on-line) of:
- catalogues
- photos, engravings and postcards
- greeting cards
- forms
- posters, reproduction of works of art
- advertising material
- other printed matter
- on-line publishing of statistics and other information

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Industry Sectors

Publishing of books, periodicals and other publishing is an industry sector defined within the Copyright Evidence wiki.


The following studies involve this industry sector (253):

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Cave, Deegan and Heinink (2000)Cave, M., Deegan, M. and Heinink, L., 2000. Copyright clearance in the refugee studies centre digital library project. RLG DigiNews, 4(5).
Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (2016)Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (2016), Response to Article 11 of the Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, entitled ‘Protection of press publications concerning digital uses’ on behalf of thirty seven professors and leading scholars of Intellectual Property, Information Law and Digital Economy
Charles River Associates (2013)Assessing the Economic Impacts of Adapting Certain Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright and Related Rights in the EU, Charles River Assoc., (2013), available at
Chiou and Tucker (2011)Chiou, Lesley and Tucker, Catherine, Copyright, Digitization, and Aggregation (December 13, 2011). NET Institute Working Paper No. 11-18.
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Corporate Europe Observatory (2018)Corporate Europe Observatory (2018) Copyright Directive: how competing big business lobbies drowned out critical voices. Available via: https://corporateeurope.org/en/2018/12/copyright-directive-how-competing-big-business-lobbies-drowned-out-critical-voices (last accessed: 7 June 2019)
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