The Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act of 1990 (AWCPA)1 extended copyright protection to “architectural works,” defined in 17 U.S.C. Section 101 as “the design of a building as embodied in any tangible medium of expression, includi…
Counsel filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of copyright holders of musical compositions and recovered a little over $50,000 for the class members from Defendant Rhapsody International, Inc. (now rebranded as Napster), a music streaming s…
In 1999, Hiller, the largest home-services company in Tennessee, became a paying “member” of Success Group, which offers management advice and customer-service training to home-services companies. Clockwork owned Success, which conducted tra…
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment and award of attorney’s fees to Sanctuary Clothing in an action brought by Fiesta, alleging that Sanctuary clothing copied its fabric design. The panel held that the d…
The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of two copyright infringement actions against defendants, accusing them of copying Malibu’s lace designs. The court held that, at the pleading stage, Malibu successfully alleged owner…
The Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force (Task Force) released its Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy (Green Paper) July 31, 2013 and now seeks public comment on copyright issues critical to remixes, first sale, cultural development, economic growth, job creation, damages, secondary liability, licensing etc. The Task Force […]
Appendix V. Additional Provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act1 Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the “Digital Millennium Copyright Act”. Title I – WIPO Treaties Implementation Sec. 101. Short Title. This title may be cited as the “WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act of 1998”. * * […]
Chapter 71 701. The Copyright Office: General responsibilities and organization 702. Copyright Office regulations 703. Effective date of actions in Copyright Office 704. Retention and disposition of articles deposited in Copyright Office 705. Copyright Office records: Preparation, maintenance, public inspection, and searching 706. Copies of Copyright Office records 707. Copyright Office forms and publications 708. […]
101. Definitions 102. Subject matter of copyright: In general 103. Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works 104. Subject matter of copyright: National origin 104A. Copyright in restored works 105. Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works 106. Exclusive rights in copyrighted works 106A. Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity 107. […]
Article Topics General Articles Digital Millenium Copyright Act – DMCA @ Digital Rights Management Distance Education and the TEACH Act @ Multimedia Obtaining Permissions Scholarly Communication UCITA @ General Articles Big Myths about copyright explained by Brad Templeton. This is a list of 10 misconceptions of about copyright rights A Bill of Writes column by […]
