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Throwing The Flag On Copyright Warnings: How Professional Sports Organizations Systematically Overstate Copyright Protection, Tyler Mccormick Love Sep 2016

Throwing The Flag On Copyright Warnings: How Professional Sports Organizations Systematically Overstate Copyright Protection, Tyler Mccormick Love

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.


Phillips Has Left Vara Little Protection For Site-Specific Artists, Lauren Ruth Spotts Sep 2016

Phillips Has Left Vara Little Protection For Site-Specific Artists, Lauren Ruth Spotts

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.


Is Copyright Evolving Or Mutating? What American Broadcasting Cos. V. Aereo, Inc. Says About U.S. Copyright Law In The Twenty-First Century, Allison Davenport Jun 2016

Is Copyright Evolving Or Mutating? What American Broadcasting Cos. V. Aereo, Inc. Says About U.S. Copyright Law In The Twenty-First Century, Allison Davenport

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

In this article, I will look in-depth at the case of American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc. (Aereo). Aereo centers on an alleged infringement of American Broadcasting Company's (ABC)'s public performance right that was achieved through a complicated technological process meant to circumvent the law. In its opinion, the Supreme Court of the United States tries to stretch the language of the Copyright Act to apply to new technology by analogizing it with more familiar processes, while the dissent calls for reform to come from Congress, not the courts. Before my discussion of the Aereo decision, I will discuss the …


A Satellite Dish Or A Birdbath: The Efforts Of The 106th Congress To Revise The Satellite Home Viewer Act, Chad Hunt Apr 2016

A Satellite Dish Or A Birdbath: The Efforts Of The 106th Congress To Revise The Satellite Home Viewer Act, Chad Hunt

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.


Java: An Innovation In Software Development And A Dilemma In Copyright Law, Michael P. Doerr Apr 2016

Java: An Innovation In Software Development And A Dilemma In Copyright Law, Michael P. Doerr

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.


Copyright Protection: A Dead Fish For Sculptors Of Taxidermy Mannequins?, Nathan C. Rogers Apr 2016

Copyright Protection: A Dead Fish For Sculptors Of Taxidermy Mannequins?, Nathan C. Rogers

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.


Scenes From The Copyright Office, Brian L. Frye Apr 2016

Scenes From The Copyright Office, Brian L. Frye

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Back To The Future: How Federal Courts Create A Federal Common-Law Copyright Through Permanent Injunctions Protecting Future Works, Kristina Rosette Mar 2016

Back To The Future: How Federal Courts Create A Federal Common-Law Copyright Through Permanent Injunctions Protecting Future Works, Kristina Rosette

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.


The Audio Home Recording Act Of 1992, Christine C. Carlisle Mar 2016

The Audio Home Recording Act Of 1992, Christine C. Carlisle

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.


Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants: How A Drastic Remodeling Of 17 U.S.C. § 108 Could Help Save Academia, Savanna Nolan Mar 2016

Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants: How A Drastic Remodeling Of 17 U.S.C. § 108 Could Help Save Academia, Savanna Nolan

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.


Who Owns This Article? Applying Copyright’S Work-Made-For-Hire Doctrine To Librarians’ Scholarship, Paul Hellyer Jan 2016

Who Owns This Article? Applying Copyright’S Work-Made-For-Hire Doctrine To Librarians’ Scholarship, Paul Hellyer

Library Staff Publications

The Copyright Act of 1976 provides that works—including scholarship—written within the scope of employment belong to employers. But copyright law and actual practices widely diverge. The academic community generally allows librarians to claim ownership of their writing, even when that ignores copyright law. Mr. Hellyer supports copyright ownership by librarians, and calls for the law and common practices to be harmonized.


Beyond The Cloud: Why The Narrow Decision In American Broadcasting Cos. V. Aereo, Inc. May Have Broader Implications For Cloud-Computing, Robyn L. Rothman Jan 2016

Beyond The Cloud: Why The Narrow Decision In American Broadcasting Cos. V. Aereo, Inc. May Have Broader Implications For Cloud-Computing, Robyn L. Rothman

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.