COPYRIGHT LAW
                      READINGS
Gasaway                                                                   Fall 2005
             Read corresponding pages in Supplement, substituting pages as noted in Supplement
 
DATE TOPIC PAGES
August 29
(1)		 I.  Landscape of copyright pp. 1-21
August 30
(2)		     IP & international trade
    Thinking about copyright law		 pp. 36-44;  54-66
August 31
(3)		 II.  Prerequisites for Protection 
     Fixation		 pp. 67-85
September 5  NO CLASS - LABOR DAY 
September 6
(4)		 Originality pp. 85-107
September 7
(5)		          Cont'd pp. 107-24; 129-33
September 12
(6)		  III.  Works of Authorship
    Subject matter in general
    Originality under § 102		 pp. 135-52
September 13
(7)		         Cont'd pp.152-75
September 14
(8)		         Cont'd pp. 175-202
September 19
(9)		         Cont'd pp. 202-26
September 20
(10)		     Derivative works pp. 230-59
September 21
(11)		        Cont'd  pp. 259-69
September 26
(12)		 IV.  Ownership & Transfers
     Initial ownership		 pp. 273-94
September 27
(13)
Cont'd
 pp. 295-304
Supp. pp. 483-92
pp. 310-17
September 28
(14)		     Transfer of rights
V.  Duration & Termination
     Duration		 pp. 317-21;335-46; 359-63
October 3
(15)		          Cont'd pp. 363-80
October 4
(16)		 VI.  Publication & Formalities
     Publication		  pp. 417-35
October 5
(17)		      Notice
     Deposit & registration		 pp. 435-40; 447-61
October 10
(18)		 VII.  Exclusive Rights & Limitations
    Overview
    Reproduction right		 pp. 479-503
October 11 
(19)		           Cont'd
    Adaptation right
    Distribution right		 pp. 503-25
October 11
6:30 p.m.		      MID-TERM EXAM
October 12
(20)		         Cont'd
    Performance right		 pp.  525-36; 545-58
October 17
(21)		          Cont'd  pp. 558-78
October 18
(22)		     Display right
    Miscellaneous rights		 pp. 584-607
October 19
(23)		     Moral rights pp. 607-09; 619-35
October 24
(24)		  VIII.  Infringement Actions
     Introduction
     Framing the lawsuit		 pp. 637-56
October 25
(25)		      Proving the claim pp.  667-84
October 26 
(26)		           Cont'd pp. 684-710
October 31
(27)		           Cont'd pp. 718-41
November 1 NO CLASS
November 2
(28)		             Cont'd
    Extraterritorality & conflicts 		 pp. 741-48; 749-63
November 7
(29)		  IX.  Third Party Liability
     Contributory infringement
        & vicarious liability
     Manufacturing/distributing copying 
        devices		 pp. 767-86
November 8
(30)		          Cont'd
    Third party liability on the Internet		 pp. 786-808
November 9
(31)		          Cont'd  Supp. pp. 531-67
November 14
(32)		     Technological protection measures pp. 812-33
November 15
(33)		          Cont'd
X.  Fair Use & Affirmative Defenses
     Introduction
     Fundamentals of fair use		 pp. 833-60
 November 16
(34)		     Conceptual issues in fair use pp. 867-88
November 21
(35)		          Cont'd pp. 888-909
November 22
(36)		          Cont'd
    Fair use & technology		 pp. 909-17; 922-34
November 23
(37)		         Cont'd
    Fair use in comparative perspective
Supp. 574-83
pp. 946-54
November 24  NO CLASS
     THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 
November 28
(38)		          Cont'd
    Other affirmative defenses		 pp. 954-74
November 29 NO CLASS - meet Thursday classes
November 30 NO CLASS - meet Friday classes
December 9 
(Friday)
9:00 a.m.		 FINAL EXAM