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 (8/30):  The Idea/Expression Dichotomy

• Casebook 81-99

Class 4 (9/1):  Derivative Works and Compilations

• Casebook 99-106, 107-13

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

Class 5 (9/8):  Authorship

• Casebook 117-41

Class 6 (9/13):  Formalities and Duration

• Casebook 145-76

Class 7 (9/15):  Guest Lecture 1

Cindy Cohn

Legal Director

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Class 8 (9/20):  Renewals and Terminations of Transfers

• Handout 1

• Casebook 176-88

Class 9 (9/22):  Useful Articles

• Casebook 191-207

Class 10 (9/27):  Computer Software

• Casebook 215-42

Class 11 (9/29):  Characters and Databases

• Casebook 257-65, 267-83

Class 12 (10/4):  The Elements of Infringement and the Reproduction Right

• Casebook 289-309

Class 13 (10/6):  The Reproduction Right (Cont'd)

• Casebook 321-41

Class 14 (10/11):  The Distribution Right and the Derivative Work Right

• Casebook 341-55, 365-81

Class 15 (10/13):  Moral Rights

• Casebook 392-411

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

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

Class 16 (10/20):  Public Performance and Public Display

• Casebook 411-34

Class 17 (10/25):  Guest Lecture 2

The Hon. Ralph Oman

Register of Copyrights (1985-1993)

Class 18 (10/27):  The Case of the Music Industry

• Casebook 436-58

Class 19 (TBA):  Peer to Peer File-sharing and Digital Copyright Reform

• The Escalating Copyright Wars, 32 Hofstra L. Rev. 907 (2004) (Read Part I only)

• P2P and the Future of Private Copying, 76 U. Colo. L. Rev. 653 (2005) (Read Part I only)

• The Graduated Response, 62 Fla. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2010) (Read Part II only)

Class 20 (11/1):  Copyright Infringement

• Casebook 469-89

Class 21 (11/3):  Copyright Infringement (Cont'd) ISP Safe Harbor and Fair Use

• Casebook 489-516

Class 22 (11/8):  Fair Use

• Casebook 529-54

Classes 23 (11/10):  Fair Use (Cont'd)

• Casebook 580-603

Classes 24 (11/15):  Modes of Transfer

• Casebook 605-32

Class 25 (TBA):  Technological Protections

• Casebook 657-77

Class 26 (TBA):  Technological Protections (Cont'd)

• Casebook 680-92

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

Class 27 (11/17):  The Right of Publicity and Copyright Preemption

• Casebook 705-12, 731-43

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