Authorship and the contours of copyright

2008·0.25 MB·English

by  Rose, Mark, 1939-

University of Toronto Law School
Luary 2008
AUTHORSHIP AND
THE CONTOURS OF COPYRIGHT
Professor Mark Rose
University of California, Santa Barbara
[email protected]
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University of Toronto Law School
January 2008
AUTHORSHIP AND
THE CONTOURS OF COPYRIGHT
Professor Mark Rose
University of California, Santa Barbara
[email protected]
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University of Toronto Law School
Professor Mark Rose
January 2008
Authorship and the Contours of Copyright
I. Monday, January 14. 3:30-5:40. What is an author? ~ pp. 3-32
Paul Goldstein, from Copyright's Highway
Michel Foucault, from “What is an Author?”
J.L. Borges, “Pierre Menard, the Author of the Quixote”
Aalmuhammed v. Lee (2000)
II. Tuesday, January 15. 12:10-2:00. Printing and Press Regulation - pp. 33-58
English printing ordinance of 1643
John Milton, from Areopagitica (1644)
Daniel Defoe, fromE'j'S’ay on Regulation of Press (1704)
D.T. Max, “The Injustice Collector,” The New Yorker, June 19, 2006
III. Wednesday, January 16. 8:30-10:30. The Public Sphere and Copyright Legislation - pp. 59-106
John Locke, from Two Treatises of Government {\690)
Jurgen Habermas, “The Public Sphere: An Encyclopedia Article” (1964)
Statutes: Statute of Anne, 1710 (GB); Act of 1790 (US); Law of 1793 (France)
Jane Ginsburg, “A Tale of Two Copyrights”
IV. Friday, January 18. 12:00-200. Pope and Salinger: Two Authors in Court-pp. 107-146
Pope V. CurJI (1741): Pope’s Complaint, Curll’s Answer, EC’s Decision
M. Rose, “The Author in Court”
Salinger v. Random House (1987)
V. Monday, January 21. 3:30-5:40. Natural Right or Privilege: The Battle of the Booksellers - pp. 147-202
Selections fi'om Millar v. Taylor {1169)
M. Rose, “The Author as Proprietor”
W. St Clair, “The Political Economy of Reading”
VI. Wednesday, January 23. 8:30-10:30. Sarony and Nichols: The Metaphysics of the Law - pp. 203-224
Burrow-Giles v. Sarony (1884)
Nichols V. Universal (1930)
1. Kant, “On the wrongfulness of unauthorized publication” (1785)
VII. Thursday, January 24. 12:10-2:00. Metamorphoses of Authorship and Copyright - pp. 225-273
P. Jazsi, “Toward a Theory of Copyright: Metamorphoses of Authorship”
Recommended: MGM v. Grokster (2005) — pp. 274-297