This edition has been thoroughly updated to cover copyright developments in the law since 2000. There is expanded coverage of infringement and fair use, with detailed discussion of recent decisions, including the Grateful Dead, Google, and HathiTrust cases. It considers such topics as open access, the defeat of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), file sharing, e-reserves, the status of "orphan works," and the latest developments under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It also modernizes explanations of topics such as authorship and ownership; transfers and licenses of copyright; copyright notice; registration of copyright (including the new online registration and "preregistration" systems); the scope of rights included in copyright, and exceptions to those rights; "moral rights"; compulsory licenses; tax treatment of copyright; and international aspects of copyright law. --;The subject matter of copyright -- Ownership -- Transfers and license of copyright -- Copyright notice -- Registration of a copyright claim -- Rights in copyrighted works -- The compulsory licenses -- Infringement -- Fair use -- Works created before 1978 -- Tax treatment of copyrights -- International copyright protection -- Copyright and the information society: a few parting thoughts, and a glimpse into the future.
