Cases on Copyright, Unfair Competition and Related Topics Bearing on the Protection of Works of Authorship, 9th Edition, 2007 Statutory and Case Supplement

he 2007 Supplement Statutory and Case Supplement brings together the major legislative and judicial developments since the 2005 publication of the Ninth Edition. It includes the up-to-date text of the Copyright Act, as well as three new principal cases: the Supreme Court's decision in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster on service provider liability and file-sharing; the Ninth Circuit's expansive discussion of direct and secondary liability for copyright infringement on the Internet in Perfect 10 v. Amazon.com; and the District Court for the Southern District of New York's analysis of the rights implicated in music downloading in United States v. ASCAP. Background Notes provide continuing coverage of current business and legal developments.