Gasaway
Fall 2005
I. What is Copyright?
A . Is it property?
B.
Is it a monopoly?
C. Dual purpose of copyright - Constitutional clause
1. Promote progress of science and useful arts
2. Private benefit - incentives for creators
3. Balance
D.
Rhetoric of copyright
II. Fixation
A. White-Smith v. Apollo, p. 70
1. Piano rolls -- Scott Joplin
3. The courts and technology
B. 1976 Act
1. Difference between the work and the tangible object
2. Copyrightability analysis vs. infringement analysis
C. Midway v. Artic, p. 78
D. Taggart
v. WMAQ Channel 5 Chicago, 57 U.S.P.Q.2d
1083 (S.D. IlL. 2000)
E. Copies in computer
RAM
