Examples & Explanations for Copyright Law

by McJohn, Stephen M.

• ISBN13: 9798892073776
• ISBN10: 889207377X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9798892073783
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-09-19
• Publisher: Aspen Publishing
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Summary

A favorite classroom prep tool of successful students that is often recommended by professors, the Examples & Explanations (E&E) series provides an alternative perspective to help you understand your casebook and in-class lectures. Each E&E offers hypothetical questions complemented by detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topics in your courses and compare your own analysis.

Here’s why you need an E&E to help you study throughout the semester:

• Clear explanations of each class topic, in a conversational, funny style.
• Features hypotheticals similar to those presented in class, with corresponding analysis so you can use them during the semester to test your understanding, and again at exam time to help you review.
• It offers coverage that works with ALL the major casebooks, and suits any class on a given topic.

The Examples & Explanations series has been ranked the most popular study aid among law students because it is equally as helpful from the first day of class through the final exam.

New to the Seventh Edition:

• Examining the latest Supreme Court cases on copyright — Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. (2021), Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. (2022), Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith (2023), Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy (2024) — and their implications.
• Expansive updated discussions around copyright law and the internet.
• Humans as authors.
• New requirements for authors registering works based on their previous, unregistered, original work.
• New debates surrounding expressive works and the First Amendment.
• Re-examining the scope of infringement.

Table of Contents

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Contents 
Preface 

Chapter 1 An Overview of Copyright 
PART I. COPYRIGHTABLE SUBJECT MATTER
Chapter 2 Works of Authorship 
Chapter 3 Originality 
Chapter 4 Fixation 
Chapter 5 Ideas Are Not Subject to Copyright 
Chapter 6 Copyright Does Not Protect Functional Aspects,
Infringing Material, and Government Works

PART II. OWNERSHIP AND TRANSACTIONS
Chapter 7 Initial Ownership of Copyright 
Chapter 8 Formalities: Copyright Notice, Registration,
and Deposit 
Chapter 9 Duration of Copyright 
Chapter 10 Copyright Transactions 

PART III. STATUTORY RIGHTS
Chapter 11 The Section 106 Exclusive Rights 
Chapter 12 First Sale 
Chapter 13 Some Other Limits on the Exclusive Rights 
Chapter 14 Fair Use
Chapter 15 Moral Rights in Works of Visual Art 
Chapter 16 Protections for Technological Measures and
Copyright Management Information 

PART IV. COPYRIGHT LITIGATION
Chapter 17 Jurisdiction, Standing, and the Elements of an
Infringement Action 
Chapter 18 Secondary Liability and Immunity for Website
Operators 
Chapter 19 Remedies 
Chapter 20 Three State Law Theories and Federal Preemption 

Appendix: Review Topic: Copyright and Artworks 
Index