Lesson 1: Historical Perspective of Copyright

• History of the Music Industry
• Statute of Anne, Development of Copyright
• Current U.S. Law
• Courts and Understanding the Law
• Briefing a Case

Lesson 2: Copyrightable Subject Matter

• Music and Copyright
• Mechanical Licensing
• Idea/Expression Dichotomy
• Intellectual Property Rights
• What Is Copyrightable?

Lesson 3: Copyrightable Subject Matter, Derivative Works

• Derivative Works
• Computer Software
• Pictorial, Graphic, and Sculptural Works, Characters
• Mashups, Sampling
• Copyright Infringement

Lesson 4: Transfer, Works-for-Hire, Duration of Copyright Protection

• Transfer of Rights
• Works-for-Hire
• Duration of Copyright Protection, Joint Works
• Copyright Terms
• Termination of Transfer
• Length of Copyright Protection

Lesson 5: Notice and Registration Requirements, Copying, Infringement

• Notice
• Deposit and Registration
• Copies
• Copyright Registration

Lesson 6: Distribution and Public Performance

• Public Performance
• Technology and Public Performance
• Performing Rights Organizations
• Ocasek v. Hegglund
• Right of Public Display
• Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act/Sound Exchange
• Distribution
• Right of Sound Recordings

Lesson 7: Fair Use

• Fair Use in Copyright Law
• Acuff-Rose v. Luke Skyywalker Records
• Fair Use in Shepard Fairey Case
• Case Study
• Fair Use with New Technologies
• Sega v. Accolade

Lesson 8: Fair Use, Enforcement/Remedies

• Time Shifting
• Injunctive Relief
• Civil Remedies and Statutory Damages
• Criminal Penalties

Lesson 9: Vicarious Infringement/Digital Millennium Copyright Act

• Vicarious Infringement
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act/DMCA Safe Harbor Provision
• Protection Against Circumventions

Lesson 10: Digital Millennium Copyright Act/Gaps in Copyright

• DMCA-Covered Radio
• Copyright Royalty Board
• Section 115 Reform
• Other Gaps in Copyright Law

Lesson 11: User-Generated Content and Federal Preemption

• User-Generated Content Sites and Their Legality
• Federal Preemption of State Law
• International/Berne Convention

Lesson 12: International Consideration

• Moral Rights
• International Best Practices
• European Commission Edict on Pan-European Licensing
• Three Strikes/Piracy Prevention

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