Introduction to Copyright Law

Readings

• LEC #: 2 · TOPICS: LexisNexis®; 1976 Copyright Act · READINGS: Here’s a LexisNexis® handout you may find helpful. ( PDF ) ↗
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• - Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. , 499 U.S. 340 (1991). ( PDF ) - Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. , 510 U.S. 569 (1994). ( PDF ) - On Command Video Corp. v. Columbia Pictures Industries , 777 F. Supp. 787 (N.D. Cal. 1991). ( PDF ) - Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. , 464 U.S. 417 (1984). ( PDF ) ↗
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• LEC #: 4 · TOPICS: Software Licensing; DVDs and Encryption · READINGS: Read 17 U.S.C. § 512 . (Remember: Use “17 uscs sec 512”.) ↗
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• Read Recording Industry Ass’n of America v. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. , 180 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 1999). ↗
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• Read Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley , 273 F.3d 429 (2d Cir. 2001). ( PDF ) ↗
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• Read Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Skylink Technologies, Inc. , 381 F.3d 1178 (Fed. Cir. 2004). ( PDF ) ↗
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• Nimmer, David. Codifying Copyright Comprehensibly, 51 UCLA L. Rev. 1233 (2004) (From LexisNexis® Academic, go to “Legal Research,” then “Law Reviews,” then “Guided Search,” and search for “51 UCLA L. Rev. 1233” in “Citation.” Set the date field to “All available dates.”) This is a fantastic article about the entire Copyright Act.
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• ———. Appreciating Legislative History: The Sweet and Sour Spots of the DMCA’s Commentary, 23 Cardozo L. Rev. 909 (2002).
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• ———. “Fairest of them All” and Other Fairy Tales of Fair Use, 66 Law & Contemp. Probs. 263 (2003), available with chart.
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