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

Note: There will be no class on 8/24 (Class Moved to Review Session).

Class 2 (8/30):  Fixation and Originality

• Casebook 45-70

Class 3 (8/31):  Fixation and Originality (Cont'd); The Idea/Expression Dichotomy

• Casebook 81-99

Class 4 (9/6):  Derivative Works and Compilations

• Casebook 99-113

Class 5 (9/7):  Authorship

• Casebook 117-43

Class 6 (9/13):  Formalities and Duration

• Casebook 145-76

Class 7 (9/14):  Renewals and Terminations of Transfers

• Handout 1

• Casebook 176-88

Class 8 (9/20):  Useful Articles

• Casebook 191-207

Class 9 (9/21):  Computer Software

• Casebook 215-42

Class 10 (9/27):  Characters and Databases

• Casebook 257-83

Class 11 (9/28):  The Elements of Infringement and the Reproduction Right

• Casebook 289-309, 321-24

Class 12 (10/4):  The Distribution Right and the Derivative Work Right

• Casebook 341-55, 365-81

Class 13 (10/5):  Moral Rights

• Casebook 392-411

• Moral Rights 2.0

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

Class 14 (10/11):  Public Performance and Public Display

• Casebook 411-34

Class 15 (10/12):  The Case of the Music Industry

• Casebook 436-63

• Digital Copyright and Confuzzling Rhetoric Read Parts I to III

Class 16 (10/18):  Contract Drafting

• Handout 2

Class 17 (10/19):  Copyright Infringement

• Casebook 469-89

Class 18 (10/25):  Copyright Infringement (Cont'd) and ISP Safe Harbor

• Casebook 489-516

Class 19 (10/26):  Fair Use

• Casebook 529-54, 565-75

Class 20 (11/1):  Fair Use (Cont'd)

• Casebook 580-603

Class 21 (11/2):  Modes of Transfer

• Casebook 605-32

Class 22 (11/8): Technological Protections

• Casebook 663-76

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

Class 23 (11/9): Technological Protections (Cont'd)

Class 24 (11/15):  Preemption

• Casebook 705-25

Class 25 (11/16):  The Right of Publicity, Misappropriation, Preemption, and Remedies

• Casebook 739-50 

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

Class 26 (11/22): TBA

Note: There will be no class on 11/23 (Thanksgiving).

Class 27 (11/29): TBA

Class 28 (11/30): TBA

Review Session (12/3)

Syllabus (Fall 2010)

Syllabus (Fall 2009)

Syllabus (Fall 2008)

Syllabus (Spring 2008)