Here are some follow-up links from last night's class:
1. For the full federal copyright statute, click here. We looked at a few sections in class 2 sessions ago. The Legal Information Institute at Cornell also has a Copyright Overview page, with plenty of relevant links. And here is the U.S. Copyright Office page, also stuffed with links -- note their special section on copyrighting the design of a boat's hull, similar to Matt's idea of copyrightable car design elements.
2. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Alba, the Glowing Bunny. For one thing, Alba has apparently passed on -- but not without some controversy.
3. The Senate Judiciary Committee has a website for its inquiry into "Protecting Creative Works in a Digital Age," led by Sen. Orrin Hatch and Sen. Patrick Leahy. We'll hear more from Hatch next week; in the meantime, there is a wealth of information here about current copyright issues, and 5700+ user comments, some entertaining, some enlightening. Add your own comment here.
4. Looking for some data on the question of how the VCR and video rentals impacted movie ticket sales, I came across The Media History Project, at the U. of Minnesota. Their timeline of the 20th century shows some surprising trends. Jack Valenti, former head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), once compared the VCR to the Boston Strangler (!) in testimony before Congress. Anecdotally, it seems that the decade of the 1980's brought a boom in Hollywood revenues (just as the VCR was soaring in popularity), after a slump in ticket sales during the 70's.
5. To clarify the different music sampling and copying cases we discussed, here's a timeline:
1962 - Willy Dixon copyrights "You Need Love"
1962 - Muddy Waters records "You Need Love" (w/permission)
1962 - The Chiffons release "He's So Fine"
1969 - Led Zeppelin releases "Whole Lotta Love"
1970 - George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord"
1978 - James Newton releases "Choir"
1992 - Beastie Boys release "Pass The Mic"
1. For the full federal copyright statute, click here. We looked at a few sections in class 2 sessions ago. The Legal Information Institute at Cornell also has a Copyright Overview page, with plenty of relevant links. And here is the U.S. Copyright Office page, also stuffed with links -- note their special section on copyrighting the design of a boat's hull, similar to Matt's idea of copyrightable car design elements.
2. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Alba, the Glowing Bunny. For one thing, Alba has apparently passed on -- but not without some controversy.
3. The Senate Judiciary Committee has a website for its inquiry into "Protecting Creative Works in a Digital Age," led by Sen. Orrin Hatch and Sen. Patrick Leahy. We'll hear more from Hatch next week; in the meantime, there is a wealth of information here about current copyright issues, and 5700+ user comments, some entertaining, some enlightening. Add your own comment here.
4. Looking for some data on the question of how the VCR and video rentals impacted movie ticket sales, I came across The Media History Project, at the U. of Minnesota. Their timeline of the 20th century shows some surprising trends. Jack Valenti, former head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), once compared the VCR to the Boston Strangler (!) in testimony before Congress. Anecdotally, it seems that the decade of the 1980's brought a boom in Hollywood revenues (just as the VCR was soaring in popularity), after a slump in ticket sales during the 70's.
5. To clarify the different music sampling and copying cases we discussed, here's a timeline:
1962 - Willy Dixon copyrights "You Need Love"
1962 - Muddy Waters records "You Need Love" (w/permission)
1962 - The Chiffons release "He's So Fine"
1969 - Led Zeppelin releases "Whole Lotta Love"
1970 - George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord"
1978 - James Newton releases "Choir"
1992 - Beastie Boys release "Pass The Mic"
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