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Examples & Explanations for Copyright, Fifth Edition

Stephen M. McJohn

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ISBN: 9781454892038

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Using proven Examples & Explanations pedagogy, this comprehensive study guide provides students with a short account of the law, followed by a variety of concrete examples and explanations that reinforce and give substance to key rules and concepts in copyright law.
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New to the Fifth Edition:
- Supreme Court decisions: Varsity Brands on functionality and cheerleader uniforms, Kirtsaeng on awarding attorney’s fees even if litigant was reasonable
- Works from 1923 passing into public domain, as copyright term finally has meaning in 2019
- “Happy Birthday to You” and “We Shall Overcome” freed from copyright claims
- Cases on free software and Creative Commons licenses
- Developments in secondary liability and Web site immunity, such as YouTube and Comcast
- Fair use cases in art, music, books, software, legal briefs, big data, Google Books, online postings, and movies
- Oracle v. Google changing software copyright law
- Authorship issues involving actors, macaques, and artificial intelligence
Professors and students will benefit from:
- Up-to-date coverage of recent developments
- Practical and broad coverage of music, books, art, software, movies, data and other areas
- Realistic examples and explanations making the rules of copyright concrete and clear
- A building block approach to provide an overall understanding of copyright

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Publication Date: 9/1/2018
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 480
ISBNs:
Paperback: 9781454892038
Ebook: 9781543804775

Detailed Table of Contents (PDF Download)
Preface

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

Index

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