Comprehensive and up-to-date, this 2009 Statutory Supplement is the perfect complement to any copyright law casebook, including the authors' own Copyright in a Global Information Economy, now in its Second Edition.
Featuring important domestic and international materials, plus cases:
- The U.S. Copyright Act
- Relevant provisions from Titles 18 and 28 of the United States Code
- The Table of Contents to Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations
- Major international copyright treaties
- Notable European Union Directives
- High-impact cases:
- Meshwerks, Inc. v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. (originality)
- Jacobsen v. Katzer (enforceability of open source licenses)
- Capitol Records, Inc. v. Thomas (distribution right)
- Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc. (first sale doctrine)
- Cartoon Network LP v. CSC Holdings, Inc. (public performance right)
- IQ Group Ltd. v. Wiesner Publishing, LLC (copyright management information)
- Revised section on copyright preemption of contract terms
- Revised section on injunctions in copyright cases after eBay v. MercExchange, LLC
