FOUNDATIONS
January 16) What is Copyright?
January 23) From Shakespeare to the Constitution
Thomas Jefferson letter to Isaac McPherson
Lewis Hyde, “What is a Commons?”
Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture, ch. 6
January 28) The Public Domain
Golan v Holder, oral arguments [link is on the top left of the page]
Lessig, Free Culture, ch 13-14.
January 30) Fair Use
video: YouTube Copyright School
THE BIRTH OF NEW MEDIA
February 4) From Vaudeville to Hollywood
Decherney, HCW, chs. 1-2
Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing (1903) [advertisements]
February 6) From the Piano to the Pianola
White-Smith Publishing v. Apollo (1908) [piano rolls]
Edward Samuels, from The Illustrated Story of Copyright
February 11) Home Video: From the VCR to Aereo
Decherney, HCW, ch. 4
James Grimmelmann, “Why Johnny Can’t Stream”
Decherney on Aereo and the Home
February 13) Anticircumvention and the iPhone
Richard Stallman, “The Right to Read”
Jonathan Zittrain, intro, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It
Decherney, HCW, 201-221.
Decherney, “Smart is the New Locked”
February 18) Notice/Take Down and YouTube
Fred von Lohmann, “Fair Use, Film, and the Advantages of Internet Distribution”
Decherney, HCW, 221-235.
Jeffrey Rosen on Google
February 20) Games and Virtual Worlds
Greg Lastowka, Virtual Justice, intro + ch 9
February 25) Fair Use Papers and Presentations
DUE by email: Fair Use Papers
February 27) Fair Use Presentations
March 11) Fair Use Presentations
AUTHORS and CREATORS
March 13): Moral Rights
Decherney, HCW, ch. 3
March 18) Socialist Copyright, Indigenous Cultures, and Research Methods Day
William Alford, from To Steal a Book is an Elegant Offense
March 20) Fans, Collectors, and Scholars
Henry Jenkins, “Quentin Tarantino’s Star Wars”
D.T. Max, “The Injustice Collector”
Decherney on Star Trek, Mein Kampf and ‘Happy Birthday’
March 25) Guest Speaker: Gary Rosen on How © Shaped Popular Music in the US
March 27) Character Copyright, Franchises, and Rights of Publicity
Klinger v. Conan Doyle Estate (2013)
MGM v. Honda (1995)
Jennifer Rothman, The Right of Publicity, excerpts.
April 1-3) No class – work on papers
April 8) Fashion, Tattoos, Comedy, Yoga, and Self-Regulating Communities
Raustiala and Sprigman, “Knockoffs and Fashion Victims”
& “Can you Copyright a Tattoo?”
April 10) Guest Speaker: Heidi Tandy
April 15) Open: Open Source, Open Access, Creative Commons, the Pirate Party, and Kopimism
John Perry Barlow, “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace”
Yochi Benkler, from The Wealth of Networks, ch. 3
Aram Sinnreich on Kopimism
Chuck Klosterman, “Steal this E-Book”
Decherney, HCW, conclusion
DUE by email: BIBLIOGRAPHIES – email decherney@sas.upenn.edu
April 17) Guest Speaker: Michael Gendler
Meet at the Law School. Room: Silverman 280 Enter the law school on 34thstreet(not Sansom) and come up the grand staircase. The room is directly across from the top of the staircase.
April 22) Papers and Projects (Rebecca, Stephanie, Olivia, Alekso)
April 24) Papers and Projects (Cayla, Marker, Ayden, Emily)
April 29) Papers and Projects (Holly, Yani, Monserrat, Isabel)
May 1) Papers and Projects (Caleb, Darıya, Amanda, Laura)
all DUE by email
Peter Decherney 