User:Hartboy/Copyright

This is to map out improvements to Wikipedia articles related to copyright law.

To do 1: U.S. case law
Determining notable U.S. cases that are missing from Wikipedia. Doing this requires listing those cases used in various texts and treatises on copyright law and then cross-referencing to pinpoint the most notable ones.

Boundaries of Copyright

 * Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. - First look at copyright
 * Pushman v. New York Graphic Society, Inc. - Copyright distinct from property rights in objects
 * Estate of Hemingway v. Random House - Separating statutory copyright, common law copyright, and the public domain
 * Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. - "Publication" before and after the 1976 Act
 * Hasbro Bradley, Inc. v. Sparkle Toys, Inc. - Formalities and Copyright

Subject Matter of Copyright

 * Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony - Original works of authorship
 * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. - "
 * Alfred Bell & Co., Limited v. Catalda Fine Arts, Inc. - "
 * Italian Book Co. v. Rossi - Originality in works derived from preexisting sources
 * Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. - Compilations
 * United States v. Hamilton - Maps
 * Baker v. Selden - Limits of statutory subject matter
 * Continental Casualty Co. v. Beardsley - "Blank forms"
 * Morrissey v. Proctor & Gamble Company - "
 * Apple Computer, Inc. v. Franklin Computer Corp. - Copyright in computer programs
 * State Street Bank and Trust Company v. Signature Financial Group, Inc. - Patent protection for computer programs
 * Mazer v. Stein - Copyright in commercial design
 * In re Nalbandian - Design patent
 * Kieselstein-Cord v. Accessories By Pearl, Inc. - Useful articles after Mazer.
 * Carol Barnhart Inc. v. Economy Cover Corp. - Separability
 * Brandir International, Inc. v. Cascade Pacific Lumber Co. - "
 * Robert R. Jones Associates, Inc. v. Nino Homes - Architectural plans
 * Schnapper v. Foley - Works of the U.S. government

Scope of Protection: Infringement

 * Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp. - Ideas and expression in works of fiction
 * Sheldon v. metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp. - "
 * Three boys Music Corp. v. Bolton - Music infringement
 * Arnstein v. Porter - "
 * Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. - Substantial similarity in visual works
 * King Features Syndicate v. Fleischer - Copyright in characters
 * Detective Comics, Inc. v. Bruns Publications, Inc. - "
 * Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions, Inc. v. McDonald's Corp. - "
 * Warner Brothers, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. - Literary characters
 * Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc. - Nonfiction works
 * Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc. - Computer programs
 * Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International, Inc. - "
 * Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc. - Performance rights
 * Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken - "
 * Independent News Co. v. Williams - Distribution, display, and derivative rights
 * Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L'anza Research International, Inc. - Infringing importation
 * Lee v. A.R.T. Company - Right to prepare derivative works
 * Lewis Gallob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. - "

Scope of Protection: Limits of Liability

 * Time Inc. v. Bernard Geis Associates - Fair use
 * Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises - "
 * Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. - "
 * Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. - Parody
 * American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc. - Photocopying
 * Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. v. H.L. Green Co. - Contributory and vicarious infringers
 * Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. - Vicarious liability
 * Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-Line Communication Services, Inc. - Copyright in digital age
 * Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley - Anti-circumvention

Calculus of Rights

 * Eldred v. Ashcroft - Duration and termination of transfers
 * Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd. v. Walt Disney Co. - Contract interpretation with respect to new uses
 * New York Times Company, Inc. v. Tasini - "
 * G. Ricordi & Co. v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. - Derivative works and underlying works
 * Stewart v. Abend - "
 * Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid - Work made for hire and joint authorship

Moral Rights and Publicity Rights

 * Smith v. Montoro - Moral rights
 * Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. - Paternity
 * Gilliam v. American Broadcasting Companies - Integrity

To do 2: Categorization

 * 1) List of current copyright-related categories on Wikipedia
 * 2) Cross-reference with category hierarchies of other areas of law to improve structure and determine any missing categories
 * 3) Add appropriate articles to categories

To do 3: Copyright - the general article and country-specific articles
Much cleanup and organization needed. Globalize the general article, then create some consistency between country-specific copyright law articles

Asia

 * Afghanistan and copyright issues
 * Intellectual property in the People's Republic of China