I.  Copyright in Context

• Class 1:  Copyright in Context:  CB 5-42 (skip table pp. 28-29).

II.  The Subject Matter of Copyright

• Class 2:  Fixation; Originality:  Act §§ 101 ("fixed" only), 102(a); CB 45-65; Supp. 350-54; CB 65-72.
• Class 3:  The Idea/Expression Distinction:  Act § 102(a)-(b); CB 72-90.
• Class 4:  Derivative Works and Compilations:  Act §§ 101 ("derivative work", "compilation"), 103; CB 90-110.  Begin reading student discussion memos, posted by 8 pm the night before each class.
• Class 5:  Authorship:  Act §§ 101 ("joint work", "work made for hire"), 201(a)-(b); CB 110-38.

III.  Acquiring, Keeping, and Recovering Copyright

• Class 6:  Formalities; Duration:  CB 139-69.
• Class 7:  Renewals and Terminations of Transfers:  CB 169-77; CB 177-82 together with Act §§ 203, 304(c)-(d).

IV.  Protected Works and Boundary Problems

• Class 8:  Useful Articles with Pictorial, Graphic, or Sculptural Aspects:  Act §§ 101 ("pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works", "useful article"), 113(a)-(c); CB 209-35; CB 269.
• Class 9:  Computer Software:  Act § 101 ("computer program", "literary work"); CB 235-38, 242-64.
• Class 10:  Characters; Databases:  CB 280-88, 290-304.

V.  The Statutory Rights of Copyright Owners

• Class 11:  Copying in Fact; Substantial Similarity, part 1:  Act § 106; CB 313-36.
• Class 12:  Substantial Similarity, part 2:   CB 336-45; Supp. 363-66; CB 345-59.
• Class 13:  The Exact Copy; The Distribution Right; Creative Commons; Contributions to Collective Works:  Act §§ 101 ("copies," "phonorecords"), 117; CB 359-64; Act §§ 109(a)-(b)(2) & (d), 108; CB 365-77; Act §§ 101 ("collective work"); CB 198-207.
• Class 14:  The Right to Prepare Derivative Works:  CB 385-408.
• Class 15:  The Public Performance and Public Display Rights:  Act § 101 ("display", "perform", "publicly", "transmit", "digital transmission"); CB 426-35, Supp. 370-75 together with CB 435, Cartoon Network v. CSC Holdings handout (on courseware site); Act § 110; CB 436-41.
• Class 16:  Licensing and "New Uses"; Moral Rights:  Act §§ 101 ("transfer of copyright ownership"), 201(d), 202, 204; CB 189-98; CB 408-15 (through introductory note on VARA); Act §§ 101 ("work of visual art"), 106(A); CB 423-26.
• Class 17:  The Case of the Music Industry:  Act §§ 101("phonorecords", "sound recordings"), 114(a)-(c), 115(a)-(b); CB 443-72.

VI.  The Different Faces of Infringement

• Class 18:  Types of Infringement; Liability of Device Manufacturers:  CB 473-87; Supp. 379-81; CB 488-501; Supp. 381-82.
• Class 19:  Service Provider Liability; Criminal Infringement:  Act § 512; CB 501-05; CB 505-08 together with Supp. 382-84; Supp. 385-86; CB 508-16, 520-23.

VII.  Fair Use

Class 20:  Fair Use in Comparative Perspective; Fair Use in Culture, part 1:  Act § 107; CB 525-47, 548-51, 554-56, 556-57 (questions 1 and 3-4 only).

Class 21:  Fair Use in Culture, part 2, and in Technology:  CB 551-53, 556-59 (questions 2 and 6-7 only); Supp. 387-92; CB 560-73; Supp. 392-96.

Class 22:  Market Failure or "Productive Consumption"?:  CB 576-602; Supp. 397-98.

VIII.  Technological Protections; Remedies

• Class 23:  Technological Protections:  Act §§ 1201(a)-(j); CB 603-24; Supp. 399-400; CB 624-27.
• Class 24:  Copyright Management Information; Remedies: Act §§ 1202(a)-(c); CB 640-43; Supp. 401-06; Act §§ 502-505, 1203; Supp. 411-21; CB 776-80, 788-94.

IX.  State Law Theories of Protection, and Their Limits

• Class 25:  Preemption Overview; Express Preemption:  Act § 301(a), CB 649-76.
• Class 26:  Misappropriation; Contract:  Act § 301(b); CB 689-97, 699-718.