Law 874: Seminar in Advanced Copyright Law Topics

Assignment for December 1: Service provider liability and section 512, part 2

1. Read the US Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry, Section 512 Study: Notice and Request for Public Comment, 80 Fed. Reg 81862 (Dec. 31, 2015)


2. Read a representative 13 of the 92,000+ comments submitted in the initial comment round:
   • Ellen Seidler, independent filmmaker
   • Motion Picture Association of America
   • Google
   • Organization for Transformative Works
   • Joint comments of American Association of Independent Music and other members of the "Music Community"
   • Wikimedia
   • Amazon.com
   • Association of American Publishers
   • Internet Archive
   • Microsoft
   • Electronic Frontier Foundation
   • Digital Media Association
   • Annemarie Bridy and Daphne Keller


3. Read pages 199-299 of the transcript from the Copyright Office’s May 13, 2016 public roundtable on Section 512.


4. Read the US Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry, Section 512 Study: Request for Additional Comments, 81 Fed. Reg. 78636 (Nov. 7, 2016)


5. Optional: Read the (very short) Amici Curiae Brief supporting rehearing en banc in EMI Christian Music v. MP3Tunes.

 

Upload a short (250-300 word) reaction to paper to Canvas by 3:00 pm on Tuesday, November 29.