This lesson is an introduction to the principles governing copyright infringement. After completing this lesson, you will be familiar with the standard used to determine liability for copyright infringement. Specifically, the lesson will introduce the elements necessary to support a claim of copyright infringement, which include assessments of copying, access, probative resemblance, striking similarity, improper appropriation, and substantial similarity.
Read moreThis lesson examines the two types of secondary liability in copyright law -- contributory infringement and vicarious liability.
Read moreThis lesson provides an introduction to one of the Copyright Act's section 106 exclusive rights, the distribution right.
Read moreThis lesson follows the Distribution Right lesson, CPY16. This lesson can best be characterized as the Limitation on the Distribution Right.
Read moreThis lesson discusses the requirement that a work be "fixed in a tangible medium of expression" as a condition to obtaining copyright protection. Although it assumes a basic familiarity with copyright law and terminology, it is designed to stand alone. It can, therefore, be used either as an introduction to the fixation requirement or as a review of those concepts after a class discussion.
Read moreThis lesson explores the protection of architectural works (building designs) both under the 1976 Copyright Act and after adoption of the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act of 1990.
Read moreThis lesson covers some of the basic formalities of copyright: notice, registration, and deposit. Attention is given to changes wrought by the 1976 Act and the Berne Convention Implementation Act.
Read moreThis lesson deals with the "useful article" limitation on protection of pictorial, graphic and sculptural works under copyright law.
Read moreThis lesson deals with copyright duration, an arcane, technical and somewhat laborious subject that is not always covered in depth in copyright law or intellectual property law courses.
Read moreThis lesson addresses the protection afforded to compilations (including collective works) under United States copyright law.
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