Read Key Background Materials and Articles

Important Contemporary Copyright Cases

• U.S. v. American Soc. of Composers, Authors, Publishers, 627 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 2010)

• Viacom Int’l, Inc. v. YouTube, Inc., 718 F. Supp. 2d 514 (S.D.N.Y. 2010) (on appeal)

• Arista Records, LLC v. Launch Media, Inc, 578 F.3d 148 (2d Cir. 2009)

• Arista Records, LLC v. Usenet.com, Inc., 633 F. Supp. 2d 124 (S.D.N.Y. 2009)

• Cartoon Network LP, LLP v. CSC Holdings, Inc., 536 F.3d 121 (2d Cir. 2008), cert. denied 129 S. Ct. 2980 (2009)

• UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc., 620 F. Supp. 2d 1081 (C.D. Cal. 2008) (on appeal)

• Live Nation Motor Sports, Inc. v. Davis, No. 3:06-CV-276-L, 2007 WL 79311 (N.D. Tex. 2007)

• Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 508 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2007)

• Sony Pictures Home Entm’t Inc. v. Lott, 471 F. Supp. 2d 716 (N.D. Tex. 2007)

• Wall Data Inc. v. Los Angeles Cty. Sheriff’s Dep’t, 447 F.3d 769 (9th Cir. 2006)

• BMG Music v. Gonzalez, 430 F.3d 888 (7th Cir. 2005)

• Marvel Enters., Inc. v. NCSoft Corp., No. CV04-9253 RGKPLAX, WL 878090 (C.D. Cal. 2005)

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 545 U.S. 913 (2005)

• In re Aimster Copyright Litigation, 334 F.3d 643 (7th Cir. 2003)

• Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp., 336 F.3d 811 (9th Cir. 2003)

• A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001)

• Adobe Systems Inc. v. One Stop Micro, Inc., 84 F. Supp. 2d 1086 (N.D. Cal. 2000)

• UMG Recordings v. MP3.com, 92 F. Supp. 2d 349 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)

• Worldwide Church of God v. Philadelphia Church of God, 227 F.3d 1110 (9th Cir. 2000)

• Recording Industry Ass’n of Am. v. Diamond Multimedia Sys. Inc., 180 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 1999)

• Hotaling v. Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 118 F.3d 119 (4th Cir. 1997)

• Fonovisa, Inc. v. Cherry Auction, Inc., 76 F.3d 259 (9th Cir. 1996)

• Gladys Music, Inc. v. Arch Music Co., Inc., 150 U.S.P.Q. 26 (S.D.N.Y 1966)

• American Geophysical Union v. Texaco, Inc., 60 F.3d 913 (2d Cir. 1994)

• Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., 510 U.S. 569 (1994)

• Sega Enters. Ltd. v. MAPHIA, 857 F. Supp. 679, 687 (N.D. Cal. 1994)

• MAI Sys. Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc., 991 F.2d 511 (9th Cir. 1993)

• Basic Books, Inv. v. Kinkos Graphics Corp., 758 F. Supp. 1522 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)

• S.O.S., Inc. v. Payday, Inc., 886 F.2d 1081 (9th Cir. 1989)

• Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enters., 471 U.S. 539 (1985)

• Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., 615 F. Supp. 838 (S.D.N.Y 1985)

• Sony Corp. of Am. V. Universal City Studios, Inc. 464 U.S. 417 (1984)

CCIA Fair Use Study

Ellen Seidler Movie

Protect IP Act Senate Judiciary Committee version

Lessig, “The Starving Artist Canard“

Eric Schmidt at the Washington Ideas Forum

Rogue Sites 2011: Webcast of Testimony of US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel, U.S. House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, March 1, 2011.

IPEC 2010 Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement

Rogue Sites 2011: US Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing “Targeting Websites Dedicated to Stealing American Intellectual Property” (archived webcast).

Prepared remarks:

Scott Turow

Floyd Abrams

Christine Jones, GoDaddy

Tom Adams, Rosetta Stone

Thomas M. Dailey, Verizon

Denise Yee, Visa, Inc.

Combined Letters of Labor and Other Organizations

Artist Rights

How Much Do Artists Earn Online?

Creative Commons

2008 Form 990 Schedule of Contributors

“Creative Commons Legal Code Attribution No Derivatives” Circa 2010

“Creative Commons Legal Code Commercial“ Circa 2010

“Creative Commons Legal Code WH Gov White House Circa 2010″

Google Piracy

“Targeting Websites Dedicated to Stealing American Intellectual Property” (archived webcast).

Remarks of Hon. John Morton, Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Department of Homeland Security at the 2011 State of the Net Conference.

Asian European Institute, Case Study on Google

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