Course Text
I am using the text I used last year, Copyright in a Global Information Economy, by Julie E. Cohen, Lydia P. Loren, Ruth G. Okediji, Maureen A. O’Rourke (2nd Ed.).
The materials below are all recommended reading for the semester. I may assign them as required reading at some point. I will endeavor to provide links in the relevant syllabus entries, but you may be instructed to simply find the materials here.
Basics of Copyright
Work For Hire and Authorship Materials
- Copyright Issues for Freefall Photographers – Skydiving Magazine
- Copyright and the Clubhouse:
- Aalmuhammed v. Lee (this version is edited from the original) – For Joint Authorship Discussion.
Fair Use Materials
- Bound By Law (Fair Use Comic Book)
- “1984″ Macintosh Ad (modified to be anti-Hillary Clinton ad)
- Campbell v. Acuff Rose (from benedict.com)
- The KLF v. Abba (from benedict.com)
- Hustler v. Moral Majority (edited from the original) – For Fair Use discussions.
Publicity / Persona Rights
- Carol Burnett v. Family Guy (from the Smoking Gun)
Infringement Materials
- Heymann, Laura A., “Inducement as Contributory Copyright Infringement: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.” . International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 31-46, 2006.
- Mike Relm, Serial Infringer or Artistic Genius?
- JCW Invs., Inc. v. Novelty, Inc., 289 F. Supp. 2d 1023 (N.D. Ill. 2003) (Fartman Doll Trial Decision).
- JCW Investments v. Novelty, Inc, ___ F.3d ___ (7th Cir. 2007). (The Fartman Appeal – Edited for length. If you would like the entire opinion, it is available here).
Miscellaneous
- Randall Stross, Want an iPhone? Beware the iHandcuffs, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2007
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