RESTORATION, TERM EXTENSION & FORMALITIES
 
 

I.    Restoration

      A.    Eligibility

             1.    Published by ineligible national

             2.    Published in Berne country without notice

             3.    Foreign sound recordings

       B.    Treaty obligations

       C.    Miscellaneous issues

              1.    Term of protection for restored works

              2.    Procedures

              3.    Cases

                     a.    Dam Things from Denmark,  p. 367

                    b.    Golan v. Gonzales, cited p. 284 &  Supp. p. 498

II.    Term Extension

        A.    CTEA

        B.    Eldred v. Ashcroft,  p. 367

               1.    Eldritch Press

                  2.    Post-Eldred

                 a.    Public Domain Enhancement Act, H.R. 2408

                     b.    Kahle v. Ashcroft, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24090
                            (N.D. Cal. 2004)

                    c.    Orphan works study
 

III.    Formalities

       A.    Publication

              1.    Definition

              2.    Importance under 1909 Act

                     a.    Prior to publication = common law

                     b.    Dividing line between federal copyright
                            & common law

               3.    Academy of Motion Pictures v. Creative House, p. 422

                       a.    Distribution of copies

                       b.    General versus limited publication

                4.    Penguin Books v. New Christian Church of Full
                       Endeavor, 288 F. Supp. 2d 244 (S.D.N.Y. 2003).

                5.    What constitutes a publication

                       a.    Performance?

                       b.    Display?

                       c.    Web posting

                6.    Sound recordings
                7.    Does publication of derivative work publish
                       underlying work?

                       a.    1909 Act - medium mattered

                       b.    1976 Act - appears to publish underlying too

       B.    Notice

                1.    3 elements:

                        a.    ©, copyright, copr.

                        b.    Name

                        c.    Year of 1st publication

                2.    Purpose of notice

                3.     Notice requirement depends on when published

                        a.    Under 1909 Act

                        b.    Decennial publications, 1-1-78 to 3-1-89

                        c.    Post 3-1-89 publications

               3.      Notice on collective works

               4.    Favorite notice -

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

               1.    Archival deposit - § 407(a)

                      a.   Deposit must accompany registration

                      b.    Two copies of "best edition" or representation

                      c.    Penalties

                2.      Deposit must accompany registration - § 408(b)

3.    Deposit

       D.    Registration

              1.    Section 408

                       a.    No longer mandatory

                       b.    Required to enforce rights through the courts

                       c.    Benefits of registration

                              1.    Prima facie evidence - § 410

                              2.    Required to file suit - § 411 (except for
                                     Berne country publications)

                              3.    Availability of certain remedies - § 412(a)

                                      a.  Statutory damages

                                       b.    Attorneys fees

                               4.    Or under § 412 (b) for infringement commenced
                                       after first publication of the work if registered
                                       within 3 months after first publication

                                5.    If not registered at time of infringement

                                       a.    Injunction

                                       b.    Actual damages & profits

                2.    How to register a work

                 3.     Searching the Copyright Office Records

                            a.    Post-1978

                        b.    Pre-1978

                4.    New case: Coach, Inc. v. Peters, S.D.N.Y. Sept.
                        6, 2005

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