User:Hartboy/Copyright

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

To do 2: Categorization

1. List of current copyright-related categories on Wikipedia
2. Cross-reference with category hierarchies of other areas of law to improve structure and determine any missing categories
3. 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

Asia

• Afghanistan and copyright issues
• Intellectual property in the People's Republic of China#Copyright law