Copyright Law: Depoorter on Copyright

This casebook provides an overview of U.S. federal copyright law as it pertains to works of art, motion pictures, music, literature, and software. The book begins with a discussion of the purposes of copyright law and an overview of the basic rules of copyright law. It then investigates various subject matter areas of copyright protection, focusing on the types of uses of content that authors control under prevailing law. Current controversies in copyright litigation, legislation, and scholarship are also covered.