Levin College of Law

Course Number: LAW 6572 Credits: 3

This course will give you in-depth knowledge of the rules governing U.S. copyright protection, focusing on how copyright law evolves in the shadow of technological change. We will cover: theories of copyright protection; the ownership, co-ownership, and transfer of copyrights; the exclusive rights to copy, distribute, perform, and display works; the legal status of adaptations, translations, new editions, and other transformations of copyrighted works; and the enforcement of copyrights, including against online service providers such as YouTube and Twitch.