syllabus

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

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

• Casebook 3-32

• Problem Set

Class 2 (8/29):  Fixation and Originality

• Casebook 45-70

Class 3 (9/4):  Fixation and Originality (Cont'd); The Idea/Expression Dichotomy

• Casebook 81-99

Class 4 (9/5):  Derivative Works and Compilations

• Casebook 99-113

Class 5 (9/11):  Authorship

• Casebook 117-43

Class 6 (9/12):  Formalities and Duration

• Casebook 145-76

• The Escalating Copyright Wars, 32 Hofstra L. Rev. 907 (2004) (optional)

• Golan v. Holder, 132 S. Ct. 873 (optional)

Note: There will be no class on 9/18 (Class Moved to Review Session).

Class 7 (9/19):  Renewals and Terminations of Transfers

• Handout 1

• Casebook 176-88

Class 8 (9/25):  Useful Articles

• Casebook 191-207

Class 9 (9/26):  Computer Software

• Casebook 215-42

Class 10 (10/2):  Characters and Databases

• Casebook 257-83

Class 11 (10/3):  The Elements of Infringement and the Reproduction Right

• Casebook 289-309, 321-24

Class 12 (10/9):  The Distribution Right and the Derivative Work Right

• Casebook 341-55, 365-81

Note: There will be no class on 10/10 and 10/16 (Class Moved and Fall Break).

Class 13 (10/17):  Moral Rights

• Casebook 392-411

• Moral Rights 2.0

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

Class 14 (10/23):  Public Performance and Public Display

• Casebook 411-34

Class 15 (10/24):  Public Performance and Public Display (Cont'd)

Class 16 (10/30):  Contract Drafting

• Handout 2

Note: Class on 11/1 has been rescheduled.

Class 17 (11/6):  The Case of the Music Industry

• Casebook 436-63

• Digital Copyright and Confuzzling Rhetoric Read Parts I to III

Class 18 (11/7):  Copyright Infringement

• Casebook 469-89

Class 19 (11/13):  Copyright Infringement (Cont'd) and ISP Safe Harbor

• Casebook 489-516

Class 20 (11/14): Copyright and Free Speech

Film Presentation: “Freedom of Expression®”

Note: There will be no class on 11/20 and 11/21 (Thanksgiving and Class Moved).

Class 21 (11/27):  Fair Use

• Casebook 529-54, 565-75

Class 22 (11/28):  Fair Use (Cont'd)

• Casebook 580-603

Classes 23-24 (11/29): Technological Protections

The session will be held in Room 206.

• Casebook 663-76

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

Class 25 (12/4):  Modes of Transfer

• Casebook 605-32

Class 26 (12/5):  The Right of Publicity, Misappropriation, Preemption, and Remedies

• Casebook 739-50 

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

Review Session (12/6)

The session will be held in Room 206.

 

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