User:Hartboy/Copyright
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This is to map out improvements to Wikipedia articles related to copyright law.
To do 1: U.S. case law
Determining notable U.S. cases that are missing from Wikipedia. Doing this requires listing those cases used in various texts and treatises on copyright law and then cross-referencing to pinpoint the most notable ones.
Copyright: Unfair Competition, and Related Topics Bearing on the Protection of Works of Authorship (9th Edition), Ralph S. Brown & Robert C. Denicola'
Boundaries of Copyright
- Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. - First look at copyright
- Pushman v. New York Graphic Society, Inc. - Copyright distinct from property rights in objects
- Estate of Hemingway v. Random House - Separating statutory copyright, common law copyright, and the public domain
- Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. - "Publication" before and after the 1976 Act
- Hasbro Bradley, Inc. v. Sparkle Toys, Inc. - Formalities and Copyright
Subject Matter of Copyright
- Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony - Original works of authorship
- Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. - "
- Alfred Bell & Co., Limited v. Catalda Fine Arts, Inc. - "
- Italian Book Co. v. Rossi - Originality in works derived from preexisting sources
- Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. - Compilations
- United States v. Hamilton - Maps
- Baker v. Selden - Limits of statutory subject matter
- Continental Casualty Co. v. Beardsley - "Blank forms"
- Morrissey v. Proctor & Gamble Company - "
- Apple Computer, Inc. v. Franklin Computer Corp. - Copyright in computer programs
- State Street Bank and Trust Company v. Signature Financial Group, Inc. - Patent protection for computer programs
- Mazer v. Stein - Copyright in commercial design
- In re Nalbandian - Design patent
- Kieselstein-Cord v. Accessories By Pearl, Inc. - Useful articles after Mazer.
- Carol Barnhart Inc. v. Economy Cover Corp. - Separability
- Brandir International, Inc. v. Cascade Pacific Lumber Co. - "
- Robert R. Jones Associates, Inc. v. Nino Homes - Architectural plans
- Schnapper v. Foley - Works of the U.S. government
Scope of Protection: Infringement
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp. - Ideas and expression in works of fiction
- Sheldon v. metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp. - "
- Three boys Music Corp. v. Bolton - Music infringement
- Arnstein v. Porter - "
- Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. - Substantial similarity in visual works
- King Features Syndicate v. Fleischer - Copyright in characters
- Detective Comics, Inc. v. Bruns Publications, Inc. - "
- Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions, Inc. v. McDonald's Corp. - "
- Warner Brothers, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. - Literary characters
- Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc. - Nonfiction works
- Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc. - Computer programs
- Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International, Inc. - "
- Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc. - Performance rights
- Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken - "
- Independent News Co. v. Williams - Distribution, display, and derivative rights
- Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L'anza Research International, Inc. - Infringing importation
- Lee v. A.R.T. Company - Right to prepare derivative works
- Lewis Gallob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. - "
Scope of Protection: Limits of Liability
- Time Inc. v. Bernard Geis Associates - Fair use
- Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises - "
- Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. - "
- Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. - Parody
- American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc. - Photocopying
- Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. v. H.L. Green Co. - Contributory and vicarious infringers
- Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. - Vicarious liability
- Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-Line Communication Services, Inc. - Copyright in digital age
- Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley - Anti-circumvention
Calculus of Rights
- Eldred v. Ashcroft - Duration and termination of transfers
- Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd. v. Walt Disney Co. - Contract interpretation with respect to new uses
- New York Times Company, Inc. v. Tasini - "
- G. Ricordi & Co. v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. - Derivative works and underlying works
- Stewart v. Abend - "
- Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid - Work made for hire and joint authorship
Moral Rights and Publicity Rights
- Smith v. Montoro - Moral rights
- Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. - Paternity
- Gilliam v. American Broadcasting Companies - Integrity
Patry on Copyright
Nimmer on Copyright
To do 2: Categorization
- List of current copyright-related categories on Wikipedia
- Cross-reference with category hierarchies of other areas of law to improve structure and determine any missing categories
- Add appropriate articles to categories
To do 3: Copyright - the general article and country-specific articles
Much cleanup and organization needed. Globalize the general article, then create some consistency between country-specific copyright law articles