syllabus

Class 1 (8/18):  The Purposes of Copyright Law

• Casebook 3-23

• Problem Set 1

Class 2 (8/20):  Fixation and Originality

• Casebook 63-90

Class 3 (8/25):  The Idea/Expression Dichotomy

• Casebook 63-90 (Cont’d), 90-107  

Class 4 (8/27):  Derivative Works and Compilations

• Casebook 107-27

Note:  There will be no class on 9/1 (Labor Day). 

Class 5 (9/3):  Authorship

• Casebook 127-52

Class 6 (9/4):  Annual Distinguished Lecture in Intellectual Property and Communications Law

Prof. Jack M. Balkin

Yale Law School
“Free Speech and Copyright, or The Blob That Ate the First Amendment”

Class 7 (9/8):  Formalities and Duration

• Casebook 153-77; Handout 1

Class 8 (9/10):  Renewals and Terminations of Transfers

• Handout 1 (Cont’d)

• Casebook 177-90

Class 9 (9/15):  Mechanics of Transfers

• Casebook 190-214

• Handout 2

Class 10 (9/17):  Useful Articles

• Casebook 215-40

Class 11 (9/22):  Computer Software

• Casebook 240-72

Class 12 (9/24):  Architectural Works and Characters

• Casebook 273-94

Class 13 (9/29):  Databases

• Casebook 294-314

Class 14 (10/1):  The Elements of Infringement

• Casebook 317-53

Note:  There will be no classes on 10/6 and 10/8 (Fall Break).

Class 15 (10/13):  Reproduction, Part II: Substantially Similar Copies

• Casebook 353-75

Class 16 (10/15):  Derivative Works

• Casebook 375-401

Class 17 (10/20):  Public Performance and Public Display

• Casebook 410-27

Class 18 (10/22):  The Case of the Music Industry

• Casebook 427-52

Class 19 (10/27):  Copyright Infringement

• Casebook 452-89

Class 20 (10/29):  Fair Use:  Cultural Interchange

• Casebook 491-526

Note:  There will be no classes on 11/3 and 11/5 (classes made up on 9/4 and 11/13)
 
Class 21 (11/10):  Fair Use:  Technical Interchange

• Casebook 526-41

Class 22 (11/12):  Fair Use:  Market Failure or “Productive Consumption”?

• Casebook 541-71

Class 23 (11/13):  Peer-to-peer File-sharing

You Downloaded What? The Law, Economics and Ethics of Filesharing
Room 147 Communication Arts & Sciences
7:00-9:00 p.m.

Class 24 (11/17):  Technological Protections and the DMCA

• Casebook 573-603

Class 25 (11/19):  Preemption

• Casebook 605-29, 637-49

Class 26 (11/24):  WIPO 101

Guest Speaker: Todd Larson, Senior Counselor, WIPO

Class 27 (11/26):  Remedies

• Casebook 712-41

Class 28 (12/1):  Review Session