syllabus

Class 1 (8/26):  Fixation and Originality

• Casebook 45-70

• Comics: Tales from the Public Domain: BOUND BY LAW? (optional)

Class 2 (8/27):  Fixation and Originality (Cont'd); The Idea/Expression Dichotomy

• Casebook 81-99

Class 3 (9/2):  Derivative Works and Compilations

• Casebook 99-113

Class 4 (9/3):  Authorship

• Casebook 116-43

Class 5 (9/9):  Formalities and Duration

• Casebook 145-76

• The Escalating Copyright Wars, 32 Hofstra L. Rev. 907 (2004) (optional)

• Golan v. Holder, 132 S. Ct. 873 (optional)

Class 6 (9/10):  Renewals and Terminations of Transfers

• Handout 1

• Casebook 176-88

Class 7 (9/16):  Useful Articles

• Casebook 191-207

Class 8 (9/17):  Computer Software

• Casebook 215-42

Class 9 (9/23):  Characters and Databases

• Casebook 257-83

Class 10 (9/24):  The Elements of Infringement and the Reproduction Right

• Casebook 289-309, 321-24

Class 11 (9/30):  The Elements of Infringement and the Reproduction Right (Cont'd)

Class 12 (10/1):  The Distribution Right and the Derivative Work Right

• Casebook 341-55, 365-81

Class 13 (10/7):  The Distribution Right and the Derivative Work Right (Cont'd)

Class 14 (10/8):  Moral Rights

• Casebook 392-411

• Moral Rights 2.0

• Visual Artists Rights Act, 17 U.S.C. § 106A (2000)

Note: There will be no class on 10/14 (Fall Break).

Class 15 (10/15):  Public Performance and Public Display

• Casebook 411-34

• Am. Broad. Cos. v. Aereo, Inc, 134 S.Ct. 2498 (2014) (optional)

Class 16 (10/21):  The Case of the Music Industry

• Casebook 436-63

• Digital Copyright and Confuzzling Rhetoric (Read Parts I to III)

Class 17 (10/22):  Copyright Infringement

• Casebook 469-89

Class 18 (10/28):  Copyright Infringement (Cont'd) and ISP Safe Harbor

• Casebook 489-516

Class 19 (10/29): Google Book Search

Film Presentation

Class 20 (11/4):  Fair Use

• Casebook 529-54, 565-75

Class 21 (11/5):  Fair Use (Cont'd)

• Casebook 580-603

Classes 22-23 (11/10):  Contract Drafting

The make-up will be held in Room 213.

• Handout 2

• How Copyright Law May Affect Pop Music Without Our Knowing It, 83 UMKC L. Rev. (forthcoming 2015)

Class 24 (11/11):  Fair Use (Cont'd)

Class 25 (11/12):  Modes of Transfer

• Casebook 605-32

Note: There will be no classes on 11/18, 11/19 and 11/25 (Rescheduled) and 11/26 (Thanksgiving Break).

Class 26 (12/2): Technological Protections

• Casebook 663-76 

• Anticircumvention and Anti-anticircumvention (Read Parts II.A and III only)

Class 27 (12/3):  The Right of Publicity, Misappropriation, Preemption, and Remedies

• Casebook 739-50 

• 17 U.S.C. §§ 502-505 (2004) (remedies)

Class 28 (12/4):  Statutory Overview and Review Session

Room 206

 

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