Licence:
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to copyright law and American law in general. Topics covered include: structure of federal law; basics of legal research; legal citations; how to use LexisNexis; the 1976 Copyright Act; copyright as applied to music, computers, broadcasting, and education; fair use; Napster, Grokster, and Peer-to-Peer file-sharing; Library Access to Music Project; The 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act; DVDs and encryption; software licensing; the GNU General Public License and free software.
Lectures:
Lecture 1 - Introduction to the Basics of Legal Research and Legal Citations
Lecture 2 - The 1976 Copyright Act
Lecture 3 - Copyright Applied to Music and Computers: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
Lecture 4 - Software Liscensing: DVDs and Encryption
Source: http://academicearth.org/courses/introduction-to-copyright-law
