Copyright
Fall term, Block F
W,Th,F 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Visiting Professor Julie Cohen
4 classroom credits LAW-33800A
This course will examine the law of copyright and its role within the overall framework of intellectual property law. Topics covered will include the requirements for copyrightability; the rights that copyright law confers on authors and exceptions and limitations to those rights; the secondary liability of technology and communications providers; and issues surrounding the technological protection of copyrighted works.
We will give special consideration to the challenges posed by new technologies and information products and to the increasing globalization of copyright law. Materials will consist of Cohen et al., Copyright in a Global Information Economy, and additional readings made available through the course home
This course will NOT meet on October 29 & 30, or on November 6 & 13. The regular meeting time has been extended to make up for the cancelled classes.