33:140:320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Trade Secret, Berne Convention, Espionage Act Of 1917
Document Summary
Eldred v. ashcroft- copyrights fro(cid:373) (cid:1006)0s a(cid:374)d (cid:1007)0 could(cid:374)"t lose protection for additional two decades. Cant copyright idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, no matter what form it is in. Leadsinger v bmg- leadsinger did not have rights to put lyrics. No electronic theft act- criminal liability even if no profits use for copyright infringing purposes as long as technology was capable of substantial noninfringing uses. Betamax doctrine- manufacturer not liable for creating technology that certain customers might. Sonycorp v. universal vrc not for that use. Arriba- thumbnails does not infringe locate specific titles on others couputers. A&m v. napster lliable for contributory and vicarous- centralized search indicies so users could indicies and right to terminate users to access to they system. Because it was centralized and gave it ability to locate infringing material listen on its search infringement and faild to sotp it; vicarious liability exists if company was able to control the users.
