I.     Basics of Copyright Law

A.     Originality & creativity - § 102(a)

1. HYPO:

a.   Artistic "T"

b. "T" accounts

 

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2.    Doctrine of merger - combines § 102(a)-(b)

3.     Independent creation

4.      How much originality is required?

5.     Human creation

      a.    Computer-generated works

        b.    Animal creators

        c.    Others - See Urantia Foundation v. Maaherra,  114 F.3d 955 (9th Cir. 1997)

                     d.    Penguin Books v. New Christian Church of Full Endeavor Ltd., 60  P.T.C.J. 300 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)

B.     Fixation - § 102(a)

C.     Ineligibility for copyright protection

1.    § 102(b) - facts, ideas, processes, discoveries, concepts

 2.    Public domain

 3.   § 105 - works produced by federal government

D.    Notice of copyright - § 401(b)

1.     ©     2000       Laura N. Gasaway

2.     Effects of lack of notice

3.     Unusual notices

http://www.photo.net/philg/nasty-copyright-notice.html

http://www.lme.mankato.msus.edu/mankato/disc.html

http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/about/license.html

E.     Term of copyright - http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm

F.    Exclusive rights - § 106

1.     Reproduction

2.     Distribution

3.     Adaptation

4.     Performance

5.     Display

        A.    Literary works

                1.    General

                2.    Software

        B.    Musical works

        C.  Dramatic works

       D.    Pantomimes and choreographic works