Law 874: Seminar in Advanced Copyright Law Topics

Assignment for November 17: Service provider liability and section 512, part 1

  1. Review section 512, Viacom International v. YouTube, 676 F.3d 19 (2d Cir. 2012) (Cohen Casebook at p. 513 or here via Google Scholar), and Lenz v. Universal Music, 572 F. Supp. 1150 (N.D. Cal. 2008) (Cohen Casebook at p. 527 or here via Google Scholar)

  2. Skim Lenz v. Universal Music, 815 F.3d 1145 (9th Cir. 2015) (another copy is here)
    • Optional: Skim Lenz’s Petition for Certiorari and Universal’s Brief in Opposition. (On October 31, the Court invited the Solicitor General to file a brief in the case expressing the views of the United States. The Scotusblog page for the case, with links to several amicus briefs is HERE.)

  3. Read Capitol Records v. Vimeo, 826 F.3d 78 (2d Cir. 2016) (another copy is here)

  4. Read BMG Rights Management LLC v. Cox Communications, Inc., 149 F. Supp. 3d 634 (E.D. Va. 2015) (another copy), -and- BMG Rights Management LLC v. Cox Communications, Inc., 2016 WL 4224964, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105981 (E.D. Va. 2016) (another copy)

  5. Read EMI Christian Music v. MP3Tunes L.L.C., No. 14‐4369‐cv(L) (2d Cir., October 25, 2016) (another copy is here)

  6. Skim Jennifer Urban, Joe Karaganis, & Brianna Schoefield, Notice and Takedown in Everyday Practice (2016)(another copy is here)

 

Upload a short (250-300 word) reaction to paper to Canvas by 3:00 pm on Tuesday, November 15.