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Welcome to the homepage for Prof.
Jamar's Copyrights course.
The syllabus
and other course information and materials are
available at
http://sdjlaw.org/Copyrights/index.htm
Required Books
Julie E. Cohen, Lydia Pallas Loren, Ruth
Gana Okediji, & Maureen A. O'Rourke, Copyright
in a Global Information Economy (4th ed. Wolters
Kluwer 2015). ISBN 9781454852018
2018 supplement (pdf)
2018 Replacement Ch. 7 (pdf)
2015 Statutory Supplement
Website
supported by the coursebook authors -- useful
information, images, and links
Supplemental Materials posted online including:
Steven D. Jamar, Copyright
Basics (2013)
Steven D. Jamar & Lateef Mtima, A
Social Justice Perspective on Intellectual
Property, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship,
Ch. 6 in Megan Carpenter, ed., Entrepreneurship
and Innovation in Evolving Economies: The Role of
Law (Elgar Law and Entrepreneurship Series 2012)
Jamar, Crafting
Copyright Law to Encourage and Protect
User-Generated Content in the Internet Social
Networking Context, 19 Widener L.J. 843
(2010).
Assignments for the First
Week
Introduction to the course - scope, teaching
methods, grading
Listen to/watch: Sweet
Little Sixteen, Surfin'
USA, the Four
Chord Song, Pachelbel
Rant, Ultimate
Goat Edition Compilation, Uptown
Funk Hollywood film mash up; Super
Freak, Can't
Touch This; He's
So Fine, My
Sweet Lord; Got
To Give It Up, Blurred
Lines
Overview of Copyright -- Read: Jamar, Copyright Basics
(2013); Read: Cohen 3-8, 21-34, [8-21 are optional];
Read: Steven D. Jamar & Lateef Mtima, A
Social Justice Perspective on Intellectual
Property, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship,
Ch. 6 in Megan Carpenter, ed., Entrepreneurship and
Innovation in Evolving Economies: The Role of Law
(Elgar Law and Entrepreneurship Series 2012).
Fixation -- Cohen 49-60 (Williams
(3d Cir. 1982)(pp. 54-56); Cartoon Network
(2d Cir. 2008)(pp. 57-60)
Originality -- Cohen 61-72 (Burrow-Giles
v. Sarony (1884)(Oscar Wilde photo); Bleistein
(1903) (circus poster); Alfred Bell
v. Catalda (2d Cir. 1951) (mezzotints)
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