syllabus

Class 1 (8/28):  The Purposes of Copyright Law

• Casebook 3-33

• Problem Set 1

Class 2 (8/30):  Fixation and Originality

• Casebook 45-72

Note:  There will be no classes on 9/4 (Labor Day)

Class 3 (9/6):  The Idea/Expression Dichotomy

• Casebook 72-90

Class 4 (9/11):  Derivative Works and Compilations

• Casebook 90-110

Note:  There will be no classes on 9/13 (class moved). 

Class 5 (9/18):  Authorship

• Casebook 110-38

Class 6 (9/20):  Guest Lecture

Prof. Wendy J. Gordon

"Circularity in Fair Use: The Puzzle of Foregone License Fees"

You are required to attend the Fourth Annual Distinguished Lecture in Intellectual Property and Communications Law.

Class 7 (9/25):  Formalities and Duration

• Casebook 139-69

Class 8 (9/27):  Renewals and Terminations of Transfers

• Handout 1

• Casebook 169-82

Class 9 (10/2):  Mechanics of Transfers

• Casebook 182-207

Class 10 (10/4):  Useful Articles

• Casebook 209-35

Note:  There will be no classes on 10/11 (class moved).

Class 11 (10/9):  Computer Software

• Casebook 235-69

Class 12 (10/16):  Architectural Works and Characters

• Casebook 269-90

Class 13 (10/18):  Databases

• Casebook 290-310

Class 14 (10/23):  The Elements of Infringement and the Reproduction Right

• Casebook 313-59

Class 15 (10/25):  The Reproduction Right (Cont'd) and the Distribution Right

• Casebook 359--84

Class 16 (10/30):  Derivative Works

• Casebook 385-414

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

Class 17 (11/1):  Public Performance and Public Display

• Casebook 426-43

Class 18 (11/6):  The Case of the Music Industry

• Casebook 443-72

• The Escalating Copyright Wars (Read Part I only)

• P2P and the Future of Private Copying (Read Parts I and II only)

Class 19 (11/8):  Copyright Infringement

• Casebook 473-523

Class 20 (11/13):  Fair Use (Part I)

• Casebook 525-61

Class 21 (11/14):  Guest Lecture

4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Prof. Yochai Benkler

"The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom"

You are required to attend this lecture.

Class 22 (11/15):  Guest Lecture

Ralph Oman

Register of Copyrights (1985-1993)

Note: There will be no class on 11/20, 11/22 (Thanksgiving Break).

Class 23 (11/27):  Fair Use (Part II)

• Casebook 561-602

Class 24 (11/29):  Technological Protections

• Casebook 603-47

• Anticircumvention and Anti-anticircumvention (Read Part III only)

Class 25 (12/4):  Preemption

• Casebook 649-76

Class 26 (12/6):  The Right of Publicity

• Casebook 676-99

Class 27 (12/8):  Contracts and Remedies

• Casebook 699-718

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

Class 28 (12/9):  Review Session

Room 474

6 p.m.

Fall 2004 Syllabus

Fall 2003 Syllabus