syllabus

Class 1 (8/25):  The Purposes of Copyright Law

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

• Casebook 3-33

• Problem Set 1

Class 2 (8/27):  Fixation and Originality

• Casebook 45-72

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

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

• Casebook 72-90

Class 4 (9/8):  Derivative Works and Compilations

• Casebook 90-110

Class 5 (9/10):  Authorship

• Casebook 110-38

Class 6 (9/15):  Formalities and Duration

• Casebook 139-69

Class 7 (9/17):  Renewals and Terminations of Transfers

• Handout 1

• Casebook 169-82

Class 8 (9/22):  Mechanics of Transfers

• Casebook 182-207

Note: There will be no class on 9/24 (Class Rescheduled).

Class 9 (9/29):  Useful Articles

• Casebook 209-35

Class 10 (10/1):  Computer Software

• Casebook 235-64

Class 11 (10/6):  Characters and Databases

• Casebook 280-88, 290-304

Note: There will be no class on 10/8 (Class Rescheduled).

Class 12 (10/13):  The Elements of Infringement and the Reproduction Right

• Casebook 313-36

Class 13 (10/15):  The Reproduction Right (Cont'd) and the Distribution Right

• Casebook 359-77

Note: There will be no classes on 10/20 (Fall Break) and 10/22 and 10/27 (Classes Rescheduled).

Class 14 (10/29):  Derivative Works and Moral Rights

• Casebook 385-400, 408-14

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

Class 15 (11/3):  Public Performance and Public Display

• Casebook 426-43

Class 16 (11/5):  International Law Week: "Legal Transplants in the Digital Age"

Class 17 (11/10):  The Case of the Music Industry

• Casebook 443-72

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

Class 18 (11/12):  The Case of the Music Industry (Cont'd)

• P2P and the Future of Private Copying, 76 U. Colo. L. Rev. 653 (2005) (Optional)

Class 19 (11/17):  Copyright Infringement

• Casebook 473-501

Class 20 (11/19):  ISP Safe Harbor and Fair Use

• Casebook 501-11, 530-48

Classes 21 and 22 (11/20):  Fair Use (Cont'd)

• Casebook 561-600

Note: There will be no classes on 11/24 (Class Rescheduled) and 11/26 (Thanksgiving).

Classes 23 (12/1):  Technological Protections

• Casebook 603-24

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

Class 24 (12/3):  Technological Protections (Cont'd) and Copyright Misuse

• Casebook 627-40, 718-34

Class 25 (12/4):  The Right of Publicity, Preemption, and Remedies

• Casebook 649-62, 684-99

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

Class 26 (12/4):  Review Session

Syllabus (Spring 2008)