Class Documents:

Syllabus (REVISED JULY 3RD) [PDF]
Course Guidelines [PDF]

Cases for Reading:

April Enterprises, Inc. v. KTTV (Cal. App. 1983) (abridged) [PDF]
Waverly Productions, Inc. v. RKO General, Inc. (Cal. App. 1963) (unabridged) [PDF]
De Guere v. Universal City Studios, Inc. (Cal. App. 1997) (abridged) [PDF]
Laws v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., 448 F. 3d 1134 (9th Cir. 2006) (unabridged) [PDF] [HTML]
Newton v. Diamond (C.D. Cal. 2002) (abridged) [HTML]
Morill v. Smashing Pumpkins, 157 F.Supp.2d 1120 (C.D. Cal. 2001) [PDF] [HTML]

Other Materials for Reading:

James Adam Blair Boon -w- Queer Eye LLC / Talent Agreement [PDF]
Trista Rehn -w- Syndicated Productions, Inc. / Bachelorette Agreement [PDF]
Bound By Law? (Tales from the Public Domain) by Keith Aoki, James Boyle, and Jennifer Jenkins [Various Formats]
Brennan v. Big Ticket, First Amended Complaint [PDF]
Brennan v. Big Ticket, Summary Judgment Order for Big Ticket [PDF]
Brennan v. Big Ticket, Summary Judgment Order for Viacom [PDF]

FCC Consumer Fact Sheets for Reading:

Station Identification and Call Signs
Obscene, Profane & Indecent Broadcasts
Broadcasting Contests, Lotteries, and Solicitation of Funds
The FCC's Payola Rules
Broadcasting False Information
Closed Captioning
Children's Educational Television
Interception and Divulgence of Radio Communications

Website Links:

U.S. Copyright Office
Paul Winchell
Screen Actors Guild
Directors Guild of America
Writers Guild of America
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

Old Exams:

Practice Exam '05 [PDF]
Final Exam '05 [PDF]

Reading for Copyright Quiz:

Brown & Michaels - Frequently Asked Questions on Copyrights [HTML]
Wikipedia article on the idea-expression dichotomy [HTML]

Reading for Trademark Quiz:

Read the following articles by following the links on Nolo's trademark site (look under "Related Articles"):
  • Types of Trademarks FAQ
  • Qualifying for Trademark Protection FAQ
  • Filing a Federal Trademark Application FAQ
  • Enforcing Your Trademark Rights
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