Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction to copyright law: Copyright in context -- The subject matter of copyright: Requirements for copyright protection -- Authorship -- Form versus function: useful articles, architectural works and software -- The statutory rights of copyright owners: The reproduction right and the right to prepare derivative works -- The rights of distribution, public performance and public display -- Copyright in musical works and sound recordings moral rights and performers' rights -- Indirect infringement and lawful use: The different faces of infringement -- Fair use -- Practical considerations in licensing and enforcing copyrights: Copyright due diligence -- Copyright and contract -- Copyright litigation -- New enforcement strategies and public policy limits: Technological protections -- State law theories of protection and their limits --