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Copyright Law: Secondary Sources

Encylopedias

American Jurisprudence 2d 

Chapter 18, Copyright and Literary Property "discusses the law as to copyright and literary property, with discussion as to basic matters regarding copyright, including the scope of copyright protection, the administration of copyrights, and federal preemption"  18 Am Jur 2d Copyright and Literary Property Summary.

Available in the library in hardcopy or online at the following:

Lexis Nexis: 18 Am Jur 2d Copyright and Literary Property Summary

Westlaw: 18 Am. Jur. 2d Copyright and Literary Property Summary

 Corpus Juris Secundum

 C.J.S. Chapter 18 provides an overview of Copyright law and is available in hard copy or online at Westlaw: 18 C.J.S. Copyrights § 1.

other secondary sources

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Preemption of State Law Claim by Federal Copyright Act -- Nature or Type of Claim Asserted

American Law Reports 6th  © 2008 Thomson Reuters/West  © 2018 West Group, Preemption of State Law Claim by Federal Copyright Act -- Nature or Type of Claim Asserted

 

Extent of Doctrine of "Fair Use" under federal Copyright Act

American Law Reports 3d  © 1965-1978 by The Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company; Bancroft-Whitney Company  © 2018 West Group, Extent of Doctrine of "Fair Use" under federal Copyright Act

 

Measure of statutory damages to which copyright owner is entitled under 17 U.S.C.A. § 504(c)

American Law Reports Federal  © 1991-1995 by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, a division of Thomson Legal Publishing Inc.  © 2018 West Group, Measure of statutory damages to which copyright owner is entitled under 17 U.S.C.A. § 504(c)

Sufficiency of Copyright Misuse Defense to Allegations of Copyright Infringement Pursuant to Federal Copyright Law

American Law Reports Federal  © 1997-2005 by West, a Thomson business.  © 2018 West Group, Sufficiency of Copyright Misuse Defense to Allegations of Copyright Infringement Pursuant to Federal Copyright Law

 

Right to Award of Attorney's Fees Under §§ 101 et seq. of Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.A. § 505

American Law Reports Federal  © 1997-2005 by West, a Thomson business.  © 2018 West Group, Right to Award of Attorney's Fees Under §§ 101 et seq. of Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.A. § 505

Extent of Doctrine of "Fair Use" under federal Copyright Act

American Law Reports 3d  © 1965-1978 by The Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company; Bancroft-Whitney Company  © 2018 West Group, Extent of Doctrine of "Fair Use" under federal Copyright Act

 

Treatises

Nimmer on Copyright 

A looseleaf treatise written by David Nimmer that is published by Matthew Bender. This treatise is found in the AMSL library. Also found on LexisNexis at 1-OV Nimmer on Copyright.  For more information click on the book icon: 

 

Copyright Law and Practice

A Treatise written by William Patry in several volumes.  It includes an encyclopedic analysis of copyright, placing court opinions and statutes in their real-world context. It includes a legislative and statutory history for provisions on pertinent litigation issues and a circuit-by-circuit breakdown.  The treatise is published by Westlaw.  For Patry on Copyright on Westlaw, click here. 

Goldstein on Copyright, 3rd ed.

This is a four volume treatise that includes a wide range of topics from digital copyrights to infringement.  It is published by Aspen Publishers.  For publishers, click here.  For Google books, click here.

  

Law Review Journals

The  Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. is a peer-reviewed law journal devoted exclusively to copyright law and is published by the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.   Articles can be accessed by Westlaw, Lexis, or HeinOnline.

handle is hein.journals/jocoso56 and id is 1

To find other law review journals, search under "intellectual property," or "entertainment law."  A few of these are listed below:

IDEA: The IP Law Review Journal published by the University of New Hampshire School of Law

IDEA: The IP Law Review   

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media, and Entertainment Law Journal published by Fordham University.

Review of Intellectual Property Law published by The John Marshall Law School

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Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property published by Northwestern University School of Law

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other most relevant results on seconday soiurces

  1. 1. ON-LINE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LIABILITY FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS: CONTEXT, CASES & RECENTLY ENACTED LEGISLATION

    Boston College Intellectual Property & Technology ForumJune 4, 1999
     

  2. 2. CHAPTER 3. THE 1976 COPYRIGHT ACT AND ITS INTERPRETATION

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    Houston Law ReviewSpring 2009
     

  3. 3. BMS ENTERTAINMENT/HEAT MUSIC LLC V. BRIDGES: HOW THE COURT GOT IT WRONG . . . JUST LIKE THAT

    DePaul-LCA Journal of Art and Entertainment LawSpring 2006
     

  4. 4. COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR ASIC GATE CONFIGURATIONS: PLDS, CUSTOM AND SEMICUSTOM CHIPS

    Stanford Law ReviewNovember, 1989
     

  5. 5. RETHINKING COPYRIGHT MISUSE

    Stanford Law ReviewDecember, 2004
     

  6. 6. ESCAPE FROM COPYRIGHT: MARKET SUCCESS VS. STATUTORY FAILURE IN THE PROTECTION OF EXPRESSIVE WORKS

    University of Cincinnati Law ReviewSpring, 2001
     

  7. 7. DISTINGUISHING PATENT AND COPYRIGHT SUBJECT MATTER

    Connecticut Law ReviewWinter, 2003
     

  8. 8. QUESTIONING STRICT LIABILITY IN COPYRIGHT

    Rutgers Law ReviewWinter, 2002
     

  9. 9. § 24:1.Introduction

    Copyright Registration Practice
     

  10. 10. THE ECONOMICS OF IMPROVEMENT IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

    Texas Law ReviewApril 1997

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