| CLASS # |
DATE |
TOPIC |
TEXTBOOK AND OTHER READINGS |
|
January 16 |
NO CLASS (holiday) |
|
| 1 |
January 23 |
Introduction
to course; Legal materials and legal authority;History
of Copyright andTechnology |
Print outlines from links |
| 2 |
January 30 |
How to brief a case
Copyright
basics: originality, fixation, eligibility for copyright protection |
1. Paul Bateman, Ten
Instructions on Briefing a Case
2. Barbara Glessner Finds, Sample
Briefing Format
3. Brief case, Baker
v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879)
4. Text, pp. 285-310
5. Feist
v. Rural Telephone, 499 U.S. 340 (1991) |
| 3 |
February 6 |
Computer
programs
Formalities:
notice,
publication,
registration.
Public
domain, owner- ship. Copyright con- trasted with other forms
of IP |
1. Text, pp. 310-22; 376-406
2. New
York Times v. Tasini, 533 U.S. 483 (2001) |
| 4 |
February 13 |
Term
of copyright
Exclusive
rights |
1. Eldred
v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186 (2003) [read marjority + both dissents]
2. Text, pp. 323-39 |
| 5 |
February 20 |
Infringement
Remedies
and defenses
Transfers
of copyright |
1. Text, pp. 340-53, 407-14
2. Matthew
Bender v. West Publishing,
158 F.3d 1693 (2d Cir. 1998)
3.
Hotaling v. LDS, 118 F.3d 199 (4th Cir. 1997) |
| 6 |
February 27 |
Exemptions
Fair
use
Take home portion of exam due March 6 |
1. Text, pp. 354-75
2. American
Geophysical Union v. Texaco, 60 F.3d 913 (2d Cir. 1994) |
| 7 |
March 6 |
MIDTERM EXAM (2d half)
Copying
for courses
Reserves
and e-reserves |
1. Classroom
Guidelines
2. ALA
Model Policy on Reserves
3. Marcus
v. Rowley, 695 F.2d 1171 (9th Cir. 1983)
4. Princeton
University Press, v. MichiganDocuments Service,
99 F.3d 1381 (6th Cir. 1996) |
|
March 13 |
NO CLASS |
SPRING BREAK |
| 8 |
March 20 |
Library
exemption
Preservation
Creating
digital libraries |
1. Laura N. Gasaway, America's
Cultural Record: A Thing of the Past (parts I-III)
2. Mary Minow, Library
Digitization Projects and Copyright
3. Margaret Hedstrom, Digital
Preservation: A Time Bomb for Digital Libraries |
| 9 |
March 27 |
Providing
copies for
users,
Interlibrary loan and
Document
delivery |
1. Interlibrary
loan guidelines
2. Copyright
in the Library: Interlibrary Loan (U.Tex. website) |
| 10 |
April 3 |
Classroom
exemption
Distance
education
TEACH
Act |
1. Videotape
Guidelines
2. Laura N. Gasaway, Distance
Learning and Copyright, (scroll table of contents to
locate article)
3. ________, TEACH
Act |
| 11 |
April 10 |
Online
service provider liability
Anti-circumvention
Linking |
1. Universal
Studios v. Corley, 273 F.3d 429 (2d Cir. 2001)
2. Kelly
v. Arriba Soft, 336 F.3d 811 (9th Cir. 2003)
3. U.S. v. Elcomsoft, http://www.unc.edu/%7Eunclng/Copy-corner53.htm |
| 12 |
April 17 |
Peer-to-peer
file sharing |
1. MGM
v. Grokster, 125 S.Ct. 2764 (2005) Majority opinion
only |
| 13 |
April 24 |
The
futureof copyright |
1. Richard Stallman, The
Right to Read
2. Laura N. Gasaway, Values
Conflict, Introduction
and sections I and II only |
|
May 1
5:30 p.m. |
FINAL EXAM |
Room 3025 |
