Fall 2008 COPYRIGHT LAW

Professor Susanna Fischer

Welcome to our class Web site!   This Web site will be updated throughout the term with additional reading assignments and other information.   

·         More information about this class, including information on the final examination and grading is available in the Course Outline at http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/CourseOutline.htm

·         The reading list of assignments can be accessed at http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/ReadingList.doc

 

Many helpful resources on copyright law are available on the Internet.  To get you started, a few links are listed below.  You  may wish to bookmark these.   I hope that you will all surf the Web and find many more helpful resources.  If you find a site which you believe will be of particular assistance to your fellow students, you are encouraged to post it on the class listserv, which will be set up during the first week of class.

·         U.S. Copyright Office

·         Cornell Legal Information Institute Copyright Overview

·         Stanford Libraries Fair Use Page

 

PowerPoint Slides Shown in Class

Class 1 (8/18/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides1IntroductionPost.ppt (introduction)

Class 2 (8/20/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/CopyrightSlides2.ppt (history)

Class 3 (8/25/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/SlidesClass3.ppt (philosophical rationale)

Class 4 (8/27/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/CopyrightSlides4.ppt (originality)

Class 5 (9/3/2008):  http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides5.ppt (fixation)

Class 6 (9/8/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides6.ppt (Baker v. Selden)

Class 7 (9/10/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides7.ppt (facts and compilations)

Class 8 (9/15/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides8.ppt (compilations after Feist)

Class 9 (9/17/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides9.ppt  (more on compilations after Feist; derivative works)

Class 10 (9/22/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides10.ppt (copyrightability of PGSs/useful articles)

Class 12 (9/29/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides12.ppt (copyrightability of characters)

Class 13 (10/1/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides13.ppt (copyrightability of government works)

Class 14 (10/6/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides14.ppt (authorship/works for hire)

Class 15 (10/8/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides15.ppt (joint works)

Class 17 (10/15/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides17.ppt

Class 18 (10/20/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides18.ppt (duration and renewal)

Class 19 (10/22/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides19.ppt (termination)

Class 20 (10/27/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides20.ppt (fomalities I: publication and notice)

Class 21 (10/29/2008):  http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides21.ppt (formalities II: registration and deposit)

Class 22 (11/3/2008):

http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides22.ppt (right of reproduction)

Class 23 (11/5/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides23.ppt (limits on right of reproduction)

Class 24 (11/10/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides24.ppt (right of adaption, moral rights)

Class 26 (11/17/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides26.ppt (rights of public performance and display)

Class 27 (11/19/2008): http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer/Copyright2008/Slides27.ppt (performance right for digital audio transmissions; fair use)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© 2008 Susanna Fischer.  All Rights Reserved. Last Revised Tuesday, May 09, 2006 02:25:40 PM