TY - GEN N2 - This title provides a clear and thorough exploration of the doctrinal and policy issues in American copyright law. In a style accessible to both students and practitioners, it covers every major topic in basic copyright courses: history, formalities, exclusive rights, fair use, civil and criminal enforcement, and federal preemption of state law. The authors also address major new issues that have emerged, including the rules of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act regarding circumvention of technological protections of copyrighted materials, and the principles of secondary liability, both in their basic form and as developed through application of the DMCA to Internet service providers. In addition, attention is given to the important points at which U.S. copyright law intersects with international intellectual property treaties. AB - This title provides a clear and thorough exploration of the doctrinal and policy issues in American copyright law. In a style accessible to both students and practitioners, it covers every major topic in basic copyright courses: history, formalities, exclusive rights, fair use, civil and criminal enforcement, and federal preemption of state law. The authors also address major new issues that have emerged, including the rules of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act regarding circumvention of technological protections of copyrighted materials, and the principles of secondary liability, both in their basic form and as developed through application of the DMCA to Internet service providers. In addition, attention is given to the important points at which U.S. copyright law intersects with international intellectual property treaties. T1 - Copyright law / AU - Ginsburg, Jane C., AU - Gorman, Robert A., CN - KF2994 CN - KF2993 LA - pol N1 - "The Federal Judicial Center provides this reproduction of Copyright Law, by Jane Ginsburg & Robert Gorman, to the federal judiciary with the permission of FoundationPress/Thomson Reuters." ID - 27067 KW - Copyright KW - Intellectual property KW - Fair use (Copyright) KW - Intellectual property KW - Copyright KW - Intellectual property law KW - Traité de coopération en matière de brevets (PCT) SN - 9781599412511 SN - 9781628102581 TI - Copyright law / ER -