Who Owns What in Cyberspace?


Digital Millenium Copyright Act, Legislative History, and Jonathan Band's Analysis of the Act

Digital Millennium Copyright Act - CCP

a. Databases: an access problem

Required:

West v. MeadData - CCP

Matthew Bender & Co. v. West Publishing - CCP

National Basketball Ass'n v. Motorola - CCP

Discretionary:

[Those who want a quick review of Intellectual property law will find the ILT Guide to Copyright (available through CWP) a helpful introduction.]

Corsearch v. T & T - CWP

Statutory Protection for Databases: Economic and Public Policy Issues by D'Andrea Tyson and Edward F. Sherry

Information on WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) treaties

TAP-INFO comments - OYO

H.R. 2652 and related materials (try the thomas page)

Materials on the West page number controversy - OYO

Wisconsin, other state bar, or any other citation proposals - CWP

The European Union Data Directive, further information

b. Ephemeral Copies

Required:

Triad Systems v. Southeastern Express - CCP

Discretionary:

White Paper text on new transmission right (The Report of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights) - CWP

Digital Future Coalition testimony on HR. 2441 - OYO

MAI Systems v. Peak - CWP

c. ISP Liability

Required:

Playboy v. Frena - CCP

Sega v. Maphia - CCP

Religious Technology Center v. Netcom (netcom, paras. 1-55, 56-83, 102-112) - CCP

Playboy v. Webbworld, Inc. - CCP

Discretionary:

White Paper text on ISP liability - CWP

Digital Future Coalition testimony on H.R. 2441 - OYO

Scientology materials available on the web, including other cases and background material - OYO

d. Fair Use

Required:

Sega v. Accolade - CCP

SONY v. Connectix

Netcom Revisited (paras 84-101) - CCP

Discretionary:

Galoob v. Nintendo #2 - CWP

Scientology materials available on the web, including other cases and background material - OYO

e. Republication and Other "New" Problems

Required:

Tasini v. New York Times - CCP

Discretionary:

Ruling in Shetland Times case.

Firm, Oppedahl & Larson sues ISPs and web designers, see complaint.

Materials on whether linking web pages is a copyright infringement

Materials on whether meta-tag duplication is a copyright infringement - OYO

f. Linking, Caching, Meta-Tagging as Copyright Infringement

Playboy v. Welles

Futuredontics v. Applied Anagramics, Inc.

Patmont Motor Werks, Inc. v. Gateway Marine, Inc.

g. Pirating/Licensing

Required:

US v. LaMacchia - CCP

ProCD v. Zeidenberg #1 (W.D. Wisc.) (Paras. 44-77, 96-101) - CCP

ProCD v. Zeidenberg #2 (7th Cir.) - CCP

Discretionary:

ACIS testimony on HR 2441 - OYO

Software Publishers' Association materials and Coalition against SPA lawsuit materials) - OYO

ACIS amicus brief in ProCD appeal - Reserve desk

Comments on the proposed revisions to the UCC - OYO

Vault v. Quaid (vault1, vault2 and vault3) - OYO

BMI Develops Robot to Monitor Online Music Sales, by David Bauder, New York Times

h. Domain Names, Trademarks and Anti-Dilution

Required:

Final Report of the WIPO Internet Domain Name Process

Network Solutions Inc. latest domain name policy - SCP

MTV v. Curry - CCP

Intermatics v. Toeppen - CCP

Planned Parenthood v. Bucci - CCP

Hasbro v. Internet Entertainment - CCP

Lockheed Martin Corp. v. NSI - CCP

Ticketmaster v. Microsoft pleadings - OYO

Prince plc v. Prince Sports Group - OYO

Discretionary:

NSI policy #4 - OYO

NTIA draft proposal for domain names - OYO

Robert Shaw, Internet Domain Names: Whose Domain is This? - OYO

The First Domain Name Case

Georgetown web site materials - OYO

FTC v. Audiotex complaint - OYO

Domain Name Disputes in Other Countries

Materials on Playboy's trademarks and domain names- The Preliminary Injunction http://www.Loundy.com/CASES/Playboy_v_Calvin.html

Papers on domain name disputes

http://www.callaw.com/stories/edt1223j.html



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