Learning about ...
Copyright Law
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by Peter W. Martin
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readings All course readings are available in two digital formats. Your options are "rtf" which should load in any standard wordprocessing software and browsable "html". The "rtf" files can be downloaded doing a right button ("save as") click on the links below. These course readings on copyright themselves constitute a compilation subject to copyright. Those registered for and taking the course are licensed to download, print, and redistribute the readings among one another. The readings may also, of course, be incorporated in course notes or similar derivative works. They may not be redistributed to others not in the course.
Topic 2 - What Types of Intellectual Product or Creative Activity are Covered (and Excluded)? Topic 3 - What Must Be Done to Establish Initial Entitlement? Topic 4 - Whose Entitlement Is It? -- Effect of institutional context on who holds what rights (e.g., employment, collaborative or cumulative work) Topic 5 - Content of Entitlement - What activities by others are actionable infringement on the entitlement? Topic 6 -Content of Entitlement - Fair use and other important exceptions Topic 7 - Content of Entitlement - Duration and transferability (Whether and how -- During the creator's lifetime, at death -- Divisibility) Topic 8 - Copyright Litigation - Technical matters – Jurisdiction, venue, taking the initiative (declaratory judgment actions) Topic 9 - Copyright Litigation - Proving infringement (or a defense) Topic 10 - Copyright Litigation - Remedies Topic 11 - Federalism Questions - Where does this body of intellectual property fit in the federal-state matrix? Topic 12 - International Dimensions
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