syllabus

Class 1 (8/23):  The Purposes of Copyright Law

• Tales from the Public Domain: BOUND BY LAW? 1-19

• Casebook 3-32

• Problem Set

Class 2 (8/25):  Fixation and Originality

• Casebook 45-70

Class 3 (9/1):  Fixation and Originality (Cont'd)

• Casebook 45-70

Note: There will be no class on 9/6 (Labor Day).

Class 4 (9/8):  The Idea/Expression Dichotomy

• Casebook 81-99

Class 5 (9/13):  Derivative Works and Compilations

• Casebook 99-106, 107-13

Class 6 (9/15):  Authorship

• Casebook 117-41

Class 7 (9/20):  Formalities and Duration

• Casebook 145-76

Class 8 (9/22):  Guest Lecture 1

Cindy Cohn

Legal Director

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Class 9 (9/27):  Renewals and Terminations of Transfers

• Handout 1

• Casebook 176-88

Class 10 (9/29):  Useful Articles

• Casebook 191-207

Class 11 (10/4):  Computer Software

• Casebook 215-42

Class 12 (10/6):  Characters and Databases

• Casebook 257-65, 267-83

Class 13 (10/11):  The Elements of Infringement and the Reproduction Right

• Casebook 289-309

Class 14 (10/13):  The Reproduction Right (Cont'd)

• Casebook 321-41

Note: There will be no class on 10/18 (Fall Break).

Class 15 (10/20):  The Distribution Right and the Derivative Work Right

• Casebook 341-55, 365-81

Class 16 (10/25):  Guest Lecture 2

The Hon. Ralph Oman

Register of Copyrights (1985-1993)

Class 17 (10/27):  Moral Rights

• Casebook 392-411

• Moral Rights 2.0

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

Class 18 (11/1):  Public Performance and Public Display

• Casebook 411-34

Class 19 (11/3):  Copyright Infringement

• Casebook 469-89

Classes 20-21 (11/8):  Copyright Infringement (Cont'd) and ISP Safe Harbor

Class Moved to Room 205

• Casebook 489-516

Class 22 (11/10):  Fair Use

• Casebook 529-54

Classes 23-24 (11/11):  Contract Drafting and the Music Industry

6 - 8 p.m. Room 201

• Casebook 443-72

• Handout 2

Class 25-26 (11/15):  Fair Use (Cont'd) and Technological Protections

Class Moved to Room 205

• Casebook 580-603

• Casebook 663-76

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

Class 27 (11/17):  Modes of Transfer

• Casebook 605-32

Review Session (11/20)

4:30 p.m. Room 201

Note: There will be no classes on Nov. 22 and after the Thanksgiving break.

Syllabus (Fall 2009)

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