Books

Not necessarily a favorite, but the next to last one I read recently was Hollywood's Copyright Wars by Peter Decherney, which was a fascinating historical overview of the emergence of today's film/tv copyright situation in the United States.

It doesn't get deep into the differences between the U.S. and Europe, but it does highlight them and it's interesting how they initially caused a delay in international agreements. I'd have to review it, but as I recall it had a fair amount to do with the creators ceding rights to businesses vs. retaining them respectively.