Copyright in a Global Information Economy: 2004 Case and Statutory Support

by Cohen, Julie E.; Loren, Lydia Pallas; Okediji, Ruth Gana; O'Rourke, Maureen A.

• ISBN13: 9780735550872
• ISBN10: 0735550875
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Author Biography

Julie E. Cohen Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center Lydia Pallas Loren Professor of Law Lewis and Clark Law School Ruth Gana Okediji William L. Prosser Professor of Law University of Minnesota Law School Maureen A. O'Rourke Professor of Law and Dean ad Interim Boston University School of Law

Table of Contents

United States Materials	p. 1
United States Code, Title 17--Copyrights	p. 3
Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright	p. 3
Definitions	p. 4
Subject matter of copyright: In general	p. 10
Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works	p. 10
Subject matter of copyright: National origin	p. 11
Copyright in restored works	p. 12
Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works	p. 18
Exclusive rights in copyrighted works	p. 18
Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity	p. 18
Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use	p. 20
Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives	p. 20
Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord	p. 23
Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays	p. 25
Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions	p. 30
Limitations on exclusive rights: Ephemeral recordings	p. 39
Scope of exclusive rights in pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works	p. 44
Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings	p. 45
Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works: Compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords	p. 62
Negotiated licenses for public performances by means of coin-operated phonorecord players	p. 68
Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs	p. 69
Scope of exclusive rights: Use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting	p. 70
Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations for private home viewing	p. 72
Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works	p. 84
Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities	p. 84
Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions by satellite carriers within local markets	p. 85
Copyright Ownership and Transfer	p. 89
Ownership of copyright	p. 89
Ownership of copyright as distinct from ownership of material object	p. 90
Termination of transfers and licenses granted by the author	p. 90
Execution of transfers of copyright ownership	p. 92
Recordation of transfers and other documents	p. 93
Duration of Copyright	p. 93
Preemption with respect to other laws	p. 94
Duration of copyright: Works created on or after January 1, 1978	p. 95
Duration of copyright: Works created but not published or copyrighted before January 1, 1978	p. 96
Duration of copyright: Subsisting copyrights	p. 96
Duration of copyright: Terminal date	p. 101
Copyright Notice, Deposit, and Registration	p. 101
Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies	p. 101
Notice of copyright: Phonorecords of sound recordings	p. 102
Notice of copyright: Publications incorporating United States Government works	p. 103
Notice of copyright: Contributions to collective works	p. 103
Notice of copyright: Omissions of notice on certain copies and phonorecords	p. 103
Notice of copyright: Error in name or date on certain copies and phonorecords	p. 104
Deposit of copies or phonorecords for Library of Congress	p. 105
Copyright registration in general	p. 107
Application for copyright registration	p. 109
Registration of claim and issuance of certificate	p. 109
Registration and infringement actions	p. 110
Registration as prerequisite to certain remedies for infringement	p. 110
Copyright Infringement and Remedies	p. 111
Infringement of copyright	p. 111
Remedies for infringement: Injunctions	p. 112
Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles	p. 113
Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits	p. 113
Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney's fees	p. 114
Criminal offenses	p. 114
Limitations on actions	p. 115
Notification of filing and determination of actions	p. 115
Seizure and forfeiture	p. 116
Remedies for alteration of programming by cable systems	p. 116
Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of copyright	p. 117
Limitations on liability relating to material online	p. 117
Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors	p. 126
Manufacturing Requirements and Importation	p. 128
Manufacture, importation, and public distribution of certain copies	p. 128
Infringing importation of copies or phonorecords	p. 130
Importation prohibitions: Enforcement and disposition of excluded articles	p. 131
Copyright Office	p. 132
The Copyright Office: General responsibilities and organization	p. 132
Copyright Office regulations	p. 133
Effective date of actions in Copyright Office	p. 133
Retention and disposition of articles deposited in Copyright Office	p. 133
Copyright Office records: Preparation, maintenance, public inspection, and searching	p. 134
Copies of Copyright Office records	p. 135
Copyright Office forms and publications	p. 135
Copyright Office fees	p. 135
Delay in delivery caused by disruption of postal or other services	p. 137
Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels	p. 137
Copyright arbitration royalty panels: Establishment and purpose	p. 138
Membership and proceedings of copyright arbitration royalty panels	p. 140
Institution and conclusion of proceedings	p. 142
Protection of Semiconductor Chip Products	p. 144
Definitions	p. 145
Subject matter of protection	p. 146
Ownership, transfer, licensing, and recordation	p. 147
Duration of protection	p. 147
Exclusive rights in mask works	p. 148
Limitation on exclusive rights: Reverse engineering; first sale	p. 148
Limitation on exclusive rights: Innocent infringement	p. 148
Registration of claims of protection	p. 149
Mask work notice	p. 150
Enforcement of exclusive rights	p. 151
Civil actions	p. 152
Relation to other laws	p. 153
Transitional provisions	p. 154
International transitional provisions	p. 154
Digital Audio Recording Devices and Media	p. 156
Definitions	p. 156
Definitions	p. 156
Copying Controls	p. 159
Incorporation of copying controls	p. 159
Royalty Payments	p. 160
Obligation to make royalty payments	p. 160
Royalty payments	p. 160
Deposit of royalty payments and deduction of expenses	p. 162
Entitlement to royalty payments	p. 162
Procedures for distributing royalty payments	p. 163
Prohibition on Certain Infringement Actions, Remedies, and Arbitration	p. 164
Prohibition on certain infringement actions	p. 164
Civil remedies	p. 164
Arbitration of certain disputes	p. 166
Sound Recordings and Music Videos	p. 167
Unauthorized fixation and trafficking in sound recordings and music videos	p. 168
Copyright Protection and Management Systems	p. 168
Circumvention of copyright protection systems	p. 168
Integrity of copyright management information	p. 178
Civil remedies	p. 180
Criminal offenses and penalties	p. 182
Savings clause	p. 182
Protection of Original Designs	p. 182
Designs protected	p. 183
Designs not subject to protection	p. 184
Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements	p. 184
Commencement of protection	p. 184
Term of protection	p. 185
Design notice	p. 185
Effect of omission of notice	p. 185
Exclusive rights	p. 186
Infringement	p. 186
Application for registration	p. 187
Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country	p. 189
Oaths and acknowledgements	p. 189
Examination of application and issue or refusal of registration	p. 190
Certification of registration	p. 191
Publication of announcements and indexes	p. 191
Fees	p. 191
Regulations	p. 191
Copies of records	p. 191
Correction of errors in certificates	p. 192
Ownership and transfer	p. 192
Remedy for infringement	p. 192
Injunctions	p. 193
Recovery for infringement	p. 193
Power of court over registration	p. 194
Liability for action on registration fraudulently obtained	p. 194
Penalty for false marking	p. 194
Penalty for false representation	p. 195
Enforcement by Treasury and Postal Service	p. 195
Relation to design patent law	p. 195
Common law and other rights unaffected	p. 196
Administrator; Office of the Administrator	p. 196
No retroactive effect	p. 196
United States Code, Title 18--Crimes and Criminal Procedure	p. 197
Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, copies of computer programs or computer program documentation or packaging, and copies of motion pictures or other audio visual works, and trafficking in counterfeit computer program documentation or packaging	p. 197
Criminal infringement of a copyright	p. 198
Unauthorized fixation of and trafficking in sound recordings and music videos of live musical performances	p. 199
United States Code, Title 28--Judiciary and Judicial Procedure	p. 201
Patents, plant variety protection, copyrights, mask works, designs, trademarks, and unfair competition	p. 201
Patents and copyrights, mask works, and designs	p. 201
Patent and copyright cases	p. 201
United States Code, Title 44--Public Printing and Documents	p. 203
Limitation on liability	p. 203
Table of Contents of Code of Federal Regulations, Title 37--Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights	p. 205
International Materials	p. 211
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works	p. 213
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights	p. 245
WIPO Copyright Treaty	p. 265
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty	p. 275
European Union Materials	p. 287
Council Directive 91/250/EEC of 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programs	p. 289
Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases	p. 297
Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society	p. 311
Case and Note Updates	p. 329
Copyright in Context: Past and Present	p. 331
The Growing Role of International Treaties and Institutions	p. 331
Authors, Writings, and Progress	p. 333
The Elements of Copyrightable Subject Matter	p. 333
Who Is an Author?	p. 334
Note on Model Codes	p. 334
Note on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Copyright	p. 336
Acquiring, keeping, and Transferring Copyright	p. 339
Formalities	p. 339
Duration	p. 340
Eldred v. Ashcroft	p. 340
Renewals and Terminations of Transfers	p. 356
Mechanics of Transfers	p. 356
Random House v. Rosetta Books, LLC	p. 357
Protected Works and Boundary Problems	p. 365
Useful Articles with Pictorial, Graphic, or Sculptural Aspects	p. 365
Computer Software	p. 366
Architectural Works	p. 366
Databases	p. 367
The Statutory Rights of Copyright Owners	p. 369
The Elements of Infringement	p. 369
The Reproduction Right, Part I: The Exact Copy	p. 370
The Reproduction Right, Part II: The "Substantially Similar" Copy	p. 370
The Right to Prepare Derivative Works	p. 371
Moral Rights: The American Version	p. 372
Dastar Corporation v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation	p. 374
The Public Performance and Public Display Rights	p. 378
Note on Distance Education Issues	p. 378
Copyright and Collective Rights Organizations: The Case of the Music Industry	p. 381
Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films LLC	p. 381
Note on the Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002	p. 384
The Different Faces of Infringement	p. 387
Note on Napster, Peer-to-Peer Technology and Indirect Infringement Liability	p. 388
Note on Identifying the Direct Infringer	p. 392
Another Limitation on Copyright: Fair Use	p. 395
The Different Faces of Fair Use	p. 395
Technological Protections	p. 397
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Circumvention of Technological Protections	p. 397
Note on Digital Television and the Broadcast Flag	p. 402
State Law Theories of Protection, and Their Limits	p. 407
Express Preemption Under the 1976 Act	p. 407
Video Pipeline, Inc. v. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.	p. 407
The Right of Publicity	p. 410
Contract	p. 410
The Misuse Alternative	p. 412
In re Napster, Inc. Copyright Litigation	p. 413
Assessment Technologies of WI v. WIREdata, Inc.	p. 421
The Copyright Infringement Lawsuit	p. 429
Proper Court	p. 429
Proper Timing	p. 429
Proper Plaintiffs (Standing)	p. 431
Proper Defendants	p. 431
International Issues	p. 432
Civil Remedies	p. 432
Los Angeles News Service v. Reuters Television International, Limited	p. 433
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