Copyright Issues - Advanced.

See also basic copyright law and intermediate copyright law.

Specialized Issues

• Timeline: A History of Copyright in the U.S. by the Association of Research Libraries.
• Copyright Misuse and Its Effect on the Enforceability of a Copyright by Mitchell H. Zimmerman and Steven D. Young.  Summer 1998.
• Statutory Damages for Copyright Infringement by David W. Johnson.  Summer 1998.
• Copyright Protection and Gray Markets by John J. Steele, Hanna Bui-Eve and Kelly Smith.  Summer 1998.
• Indivisibility and Divisibility of Copyright: Copyright Act of 1909 and 1976 by Lloyd L. Rich.

Infringement

• Expanding The Doctrines Of Vicarious And Contributory Copyright Infringement: Fonovisa, Inc. V. Cherry Auction, Inc. Targets The Primary Distribution Channels For Counterfeit Merchandise by Angela R. Dean.  (1997).  Villanova Sports & Entertainment Law Journal.

Important Cases

• Recent United States Supreme Court cases on Copyright.
  • Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. Lanza Research Int., 523 U.S. 135 (1998) 
  • Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc., 523 U.S. 340 (1998) 
  • Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc., 510 U.S. 517 (1994) 
    Topics: Infringement; award of attorney's fees
  • Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, 510 U.S. 569 (1994) 
    Topics: Fair use; parody
  • Business Guides v. Chromatic Comm. Enterprises, 498 U.S. 533 (1991)

• Key Historic United States Supreme Court cases on Copyright.
  • Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Serv. Co. (1991) 
    Collections of data from telephone white pages
  • Sony Corp. of Am. v. Universal City Studios, Inc. (1984) 
    Topics: Fair Use - Sale and use of VCRs
  • Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (1974) Topic: Cable TV
  • Mazer v. Stein (1954)  
    Topic: Are useful objects protected by copyright law?
  • F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts Inc.
    Topics: Infringement; damages
• U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals: Recent Decisions on Copyright

Recent Court of Appeals Copyright Cases

• Recent Decisions on Copyright
  The link takes you to all recent Court of Appeals decisions on copyright.

Copyright Extension Legislation

• Opposing Copyright Extension by Prof. Dennis S. Karjala, Arizona State University
  Extensive site describing the issues and arguing against longer copyright duration.

United States Laws, Regulations

• U.S. Copyright Act 
  The basis of US copyright law.
• 37 C.F.R., Chapt. II 
  Copyright Office and Procedures; Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel Rules and Procedures. 
• Hearing Testimony Presented to Subcommittee on Courts & Intellectual Property by Committee on the Judiciary. 

Technical (v. Legal) Protection 

• Digital Rights Management's Hidden Danger by Pfeiffer.
  States the case that protections are inconvenient for paying users.

Non-United States Copyright

• European Copyright User Platform
  Guidance on European copyright law.
• GATT 1994 (including the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO )
  The main international IP organization, WIPO oversees nearly two dozen international treaties.  The site offers an excellent compilation of international country-specific intellectual property laws as well as international conventions, such as the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms, Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol, Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite, WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT), WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT).

Copyright Organizations

• Copyright Society of the USA
• Copyright Association of Ireland

Other

• Circular 2 - Publications on Copyright (PDF only) by US Copyright Office. 
  Long list of government documents and services related to copyright.

Fair Use - Advanced

• Fair Use and the 1992 Amendment to Section 107 of the 1976 Copyright Act: Its History and an Analysis of Its Effect by Daniel E. Wanat (1994).  Villanova Sports & Entertainment Law Journal.
• The SAT Is No Laughing Matter For Seinfeld: Issues Of Copyright Infringement And Fair Use In Castle Rock Entertainment, Inc. V. Carol Publishing Group, Inc. by Maria E. Sous.  (1999).  Villanova Sports & Entertainment Law Journal.

Work for Hire - Advanced

• Work Made For Higher Understanding Of The Copyright Act Of 1976: Hi-Tech Video Productions, Inc. V. Capital Cities/Abc, Inc. by Jonathan H. Spadt.  (1997).  Villanova Sports & Entertainment Law Journal.
• The Work Made For Hire Exception To The Visual Artists Rights Act Of 1990 (Vara): Carter V.Helmsley-Spear, Inc. by James J. Mastroianni.  (1997).  Villanova Sports & Entertainment Law Journal.

Advanced Copyright Books

• Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws 2000 : Current Through March 1, 2000 (Patent, Trademark and Copyright Laws, 2000)
  by Jeffrey M. Samuels(Editor) (Paperback - April 2000)
• Copyright Duration : Duration, Term Extension, the European Union and the Making of Copyright Policy
  by Robert L. Bard, Lewis S. Kurlantzick (Hardcover - November 2000)
• Copyright in a Global Information Society : The Scope of Copyright Protection Under International, Us, Uk, and French Law (Studies in Law, Vol 5)
  by Makeen Fouad Makeen (Hardcover - March 2001)
• Copyright and Economic Theory : Friends or Foes?
  by Richard Watt (Hardcover - September 2000)
• The Yearbook of Copyright and Media Law : 1999
  by Eric M. Barendt(Editor), et al (Hardcover - October 1999)
• Yearbook of Copyright & Media Law
  (Hardcover - February 2001)
• Copyright
  by Paul Goldstein (Hardcover - November 1998)
• Copinger & Skone James on Copyright
  by Kevin, Q.C., Garnett (Editor), Jonathan Rayner, Q.C. James (Editor) (Hardcover - December 1998)
• Cases and Materials on Copyright and Other Aspects of Entertainment Litigation, Including Unfair Competition, Defamation & Privacy
  by Melville B. Nimmer (Hardcover -  November 1999)
• Copyright: Cases & Materials (2000 Supplement)
  by Robert A. Gorman, Jane C. Ginsburg (Paperback)
• Digital Copyright
  by Jessica Litman (Hardcover - March 2001)
• Copyright in a Global Information Society : The Scope of Copyright Protection Under International, Us, Uk, and French Law (Studies in Law, Vol 5)
  by Makeen Fouad Makeen (Hardcover - March 2001)
• International Copyright : Principles, Law, and Practice
  by Paul Goldstein (Hardcover - January 2001)
• The Legal Aspects of the Community Trade Mark
  by Eric Gastinel, Mark Milford (Hardcover - March 2001)