Law 897: Assignment for October 30, 2013

 Part One:

Online Copyright Infringement

1. Read United States Copyright Office, Copyright Basics (another copy).
2. Read a handful of statutory provisions from Title 17 United States Code, and review section 512 (which you read for the October 2d class).
   • (The complete statute is here; another copy is here.)
3. Read UMG Recordings v. MP3.com, 92 F.Supp.2d 349 (SDNY 2000)(another copy), and the first nine paragraphs of Country Road Music v. MP3.com, 279 F.Supp.2d 325 (SDNY 2003) (another copy).

4. Read the majority opinion in MGM . Grokster, 545 US 913 (2005)(another copy).
5. Read Perfect 10 v. Amazon.com, 508 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2007) (edited).
6. Read either
   • Sony Music v. Tenenbaum, 672 F. Supp. 2d 217 (D Mass 2009) (another copy), aff'd, 719 F.3d 67 (1st Cir 2013)
   - or -
   • Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset, 692 F.3d 899 (8th Cir. 2012) (another copy).
7. Carefully read Capitol Records v. Redigi, 106 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1449 (S.D.N.Y. 2013) (another copy).

Return to the syllabus or go directly to Truan Savage’s Assignment on Music Licensing