Gorman, Ginsburg, and Reese's Copyright Cases and Materials, 9th
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With stimulating questions and discussion problems, comprehensive notes, and teachable and well-edited cases as its hallmarks, this is the authoritative law school casebook for the study of copyright law. The book presents up-to-date materials dealing both with new technologies and with the more "traditional" issues in the field.
Topics that receive particular attention include:
Topics that receive particular attention include:
- The copyrightability of works having a functional character, including compilations, computer programs, and the problem of applied art;
- The application of the rights of distribution and public performance and display to the digital environment;
- The increasing expansion of the fair use doctrine through the development of the caselaw on “transformative use”;
- The caselaw on the limited liability of internet service providers;
- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act's provisions on technological protection measures and copyright management information are also covered, through well-selected cases and analysis of successive Copyright Office Rulemakings.