MC 3080 : EXAM 2 NOTES PT 2
Document Summary
Direct infringement when someone directly copies someone else"s material. You can commit this by illegal copy or illegal usage. Internet service providers cannot be liable for infringement that happens on their sites. Digital copyright act also protects website owners from liability if others put work up there. But if someone notifies a website that their work has been copyrighted, they must take it down or they could be sued. The sony case held that the home recording of programs is fair use. You have to show originality to prove the work is yours. It is possible people working independently will come up with work that is very much alike. To escape this, you must prove you did not have access to the like work. They are seldom invokes because holders are typically not concerned with people going to jail they just want their money. Misapropriation doctrine deals with the unauthorized taking of another"s investment of time, effort, and money.
