Prof. Julie E. Cohen
jec@law.georgetown.edu
Cyberspace and the Law Seminar
Georgetown University Law Center
Spring 2001
Week 10: Who Owns Cyberspace?, Part II: Copyright and Digital
Networks
Required Reading:
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17 U.S.C. §§ 102, 106,
107.
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Religious Technology
Center v. Netcom, 907 F. Supp. 1361 (N.D. Cal. 1995) [introduction
and Part I only].
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UMG Recordings,
Inc. v. MP3.com, Inc., 92 F. Supp. 2d 349 (S.D.N.Y. May 4, 2000).
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A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster,
Inc., No. 00-16401 (9th Cir. Feb. 12, 2001) [appeal of preliminary
injunction].
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17 U.S.C. § 512.
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A&M Records,
Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 2000 WL 573136 (N.D. Cal. May 12, 2000) [§
512 ruling].
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Courtney Love, Speech
to the Digital Hollywood online entertainment conference, Salon (June
14, 2000).
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John Borland, Band
Rages Against Napster Ban of Fans, CNET News.com (Dec. 7, 2000).
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Napster, Inc., v. A&M Records, Inc., Nos. 00-16401 and 00-16403 (9th
Cir.), Brief Amicus Curiae
of Copyright Law Professors in Support of Reversal.
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Alfred C. Yen, Internet
Service Provider Liability for Copyright Infringement, Enterprise Liability
and the First Amendment, 88 Geo. L. J. 1833 (2000).
Recommended Reading:
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A&M
Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 114 F. Supp. 2d 896 (N.D. Cal. Aug.
10, 2000) [ruling on preliminary injunction].
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Explore the Screwmetallica Web
site.
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Explore the Coalition for the Future
of Music Web site.
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Jane C. Ginsburg, Authors and Users in Copyright, 45 J. Copr. Soc'y 1 (1997).
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U.S. Dep't of
Commerce, Information Infrastructure Task Force, Intellectual Property
and the National Information Infrastructure: Report of the Working
Group on Intellectual Property Rights (1995) (pp. 63-96, 201-10 only).
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Pamela Samuelson, The
Copyright Grab, Wired 4.01, January 1996.
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Pamela Samuelson & John Browning, Confab
Clips Copyright Cartel, Wired 5.03, March 1997.
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WIPO Copyright Treaty, arts.
6, 8, 10-12.
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Amended
proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the harmonisation
of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the Information Society.