Copyright

Catalog description

This course covers the law of copyright and related doctrines. In particular, it addresses the nature and extent of the federal copyright power; the scope of federal preemption of state regulation of creative works; the types of works protected under the federal Copyright Act and the nature of the rights accorded those works; the scope of a copyright owner's rights and the actions that infringe those rights under the Copyright Act and more recent statutory provisions like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; secondary liability for infringing acts committed by others; the fair use doctrine; and the free speech interests of speakers and listeners.