COPYRIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS
3/31/00: Link to Updated Reading List (through April 19, 2000).
3/22/00: Link to Updated Reading List (through March 29, 2000)
3/15/00: A link to the Harry Fox Agency site is at http://www.nmpa.org/hfa.html and some recent links to MP3 cases concerning a dispute over the compulsory license follow:
ANNOUNCEMENT 3/11/00: UPDATED READING LIST now available through class of March 22! Also Model Answers to Duration Hypotheticals have been posted!
ANNOUNCEMENT 2/25/00: DURATION HYPOTHETICALS handed out in class on Wednesday February 23 have now been posted. Your written answers are due in class on Wednesday March 1.
ANNOUNCEMENT 2/19/00: READING LIST has been updated through Week 9 (Class of March 15, 2000)
ANNOUNCEMENT 2/11/00: New hypothetical problem on Joint Works is available on COPYRIGHT HYPOTHETICALS PAGE
ANNOUNCEMENT 2/4/00: The threaded discussion forum is up and running! It has moved -- you can access it by clicking on http://home.cua.edu/forums/forum.cfm?ID=2 Also, HYPOTHETICAL ANSWERS are now available for Hypotheticals 1-3 on derivative works
ANNOUNCEMENT 2/2/00: PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO CITATION UPDATES TO TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT ON PICTORIAL, GRAPHIC, AND SCULPTURAL WORKS
ANNOUNCEMENT 1/31/00: Unfortunately, the threaded discussion forum is currently down. It should be back up by the end of the week. A link to the European Databases Directive is at http://www.echo.lu/legal/en/ipr/database/text.html A recent case which you may find of interest is Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. v. Comline Business Data, Inc., 166 F.3d 65 (2d Cir. 1999) (applying Wainwright Securities and finding news articles copyrightable), available online at http://www.law.pace.edu/lawlib/legal/us-legal/judiciary/second-circuit/test3/98-7842.opn.html Follow this link to the COPYRIGHT HYPOTHETICALS page where I have posted some problems. The answers will be posted in a few days.
ANNOUNCEMENT (1/26/00): DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AND LAW SCHOOL CLOSING, CLASS ON 1/26 IS CANCELLED. ENJOY THE SNOW!! WE WILL COVER THE ASSIGNMENT ORIGINALLY SLATED FOR 1/26 ON MONDAY 1/31. PLEASE LINK TO THE READING LIST FOR UPDATES.
ANNOUNCEMENT (1/23/00): Threaded discussion group is now available! The URL is: http://itissrva.cpit.cua.edu/forums/forum.cfm?ID=10 You will find links, among other things, to the European Union Database Directive. I hope you find it helpful!