Global Issues in Copyright Law

This book enables professors to incorporate international and comparative law perspectives into the basic copyright course by serving as a companion text to accompany any of the basic copyright law casebooks. The materials are drawn from a variety of common law and civil law systems. Among the topics covered are copyrightable subject matter, authorship and ownership determinations, moral rights, rental and lending rights, fair use/fair dealing, contributory liability, and first sale/exhaustion of rights. All readings are accompanied by supplementary notes and questions designed to facilitate comparisons and stimulate policy discussions.