CopyrightX Trento 2024

The course CopyrightX – University of Trento (Italy) is based on materials developed by William Fisher for CopyrightX at Harvard Law School. “CopyrightX is a twelve-week networked course that has been offered annually since 2013 under the auspices of Harvard Law School and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. 

Il corso CopyrightX – University of Trento (Italy) è basato sui materiali sviluppati da William Fisher per CopyrightX alla Harvard Law School.

Harvard CopyrightX Course

Docenti: Roberto Caso, Giulia Dore, Laura Di Nicola

CopyrightX Trento reading

1. The Foundations of Copyright Law

• Immanuel Kant, L’illegittimità della ristampa dei libri (trad. it. di Maria Chiara Pievatolo), 1785
• Alessandro Manzoni, Lettera di Alessandro Manzoni al signor professore Girolamo Boccardo intorno ad una questione di così detta proprietà letteraria, 1860
• Luigi Einaudi, Rileggendo Ferrara – a proposito di critiche recenti alla proprietà letteraria ed industriale, in Rivista di storia economica, V, n. 4, dicembre 1940, pp. 217-256
• Maria Chiara Pievatolo, La comunicazione del sapere. La questione del diritto d’autore, 2007-2016
• Roberto Caso, Alle origini del copyright e del diritto d’autore: spunti in chiave di diritto e tecnologia, 2010
• 17 U.S.C. 102(a)
• Art. 1, 2, L. 22 aprile 1941, n. 633, Protezione del diritto d’autore e di altri diritti connessi al suo esercizio
• Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991) [pdf] [MS Word][h2o]
• Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co., 377 F.Supp. 2d 444 (S.D.N.Y. 2005): paragraphs 1-79 [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o][Illustrations]
• Cass., 19 febbraio 2015, n. 3340, Soc. Universal Music Publishing Ricordi c. De Gregori, in Foro it., 2015, I, 2031

2. Fairness and Personality Theories

• William Fisher, “Theories of Intellectual Property,” in Stephen Munzer, ed., New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property (Cambridge University Press, 2001)
• Turner Entertainment Co. v. Huston, Court of Appeal of Versailles, France, December 19, 1994 [pdf]
• Maurizio Borghi, Copyright, property and personality. Note on Hegel, 2018
• Giorgio Resta,  Diritti della personalità: problemi e prospettive, in Dir. informazione e informatica, 2007, 1043
• Art. 6-bis, Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of September 9, 1886
• Art. 6, 20, L. 22 aprile 1941, n. 633, Protezione del diritto d’autore e di altri diritti connessi al suo esercizio
• Cass., 5 luglio 2019, n. 18220, in Foro it., 2019, I, 3957
• Cass civ., sez. I, 19 gennaio 2023, n. 1674
• Eva-Maria Painer contro Standard VerlagsGmbH e altri, Causa C-145/10

3. The Subject Matter of Copyright

• DC Comics v. Towle, 802 F.3d 1012 (9th Cir. 2015) [pdf] [MS Word] [h20]
• Star Athletica v. Varsity Brands (US Supreme Court 2017) [pdf]
• Art. 1, 2, L. 22 aprile 1941, n. 633, Protezione del diritto d’autore e di altri diritti connessi al suo esercizio
• Cass., 30 aprile 2020, n. 8433
• Levola Hengelo BV contro Smilde Foods BV, Causa C-310/17

4. Welfare Theory

• Oracle v. Google (CAFC 2014) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• Mario Libertini, Funzioni e ancoraggi apicali della proprietà intellettuale, 2014
• Cofemel – Sociedade de Vestuário SA contro G-Star Raw CV -Causa C- 683/17
• Cass civ., sez. I, 23 marzo 2017, n. 7477

5. Authorship

• 17 U.S.C. 201 
• Art. 6, L. 22 aprile 1941, n. 633, Protezione del diritto d’autore e di altri diritti connessi al suo esercizio
• Lindsay v. The Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel R.M.S. Titanic, 52 U.S.P.Q.2d 1609 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) [pdf] [MS Word][h2o]
• Aalmuhammed v. Lee, 202 F.3d 1227 (9th Cir. 1999) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• Cass. 1° luglio 2004, n. 12089
• Cass. civ., sez. I, 23 maggio 2023, n. 14117

6. The Mechanics of Copyright

• Stewart v. Abend, 495 U.S. 207 (1990) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• Eldred v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S.1 86 (2003) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• EUCJ, Flos SpA 2011, Case C-168/09
• Cass. civ., sez. I, 3 gennaio 2017, n. 32

7. The Rights to Reproduce and Modify

• 17 U.S.C. 106
• Art. 4, 13, 18, L. 22 aprile 1941, n. 633, Protezione del diritto d’autore e di altri diritti connessi al suo esercizio
• Art. 2, Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
• Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., 663 F.Supp. 706 (S.D.N.Y. 1987) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o] [Illustrations]
• Rentmeester v. Nike, Inc. (9th Cir. 2018) [pdf]
• Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co., 377 F.Supp. 2d 444 (S.D.N.Y. 2005): paragraphs 81-94 [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o] [Illustrations]
• Cass. ord., 12 dicembre 2017, n. 29811

8. The Rights to Distribute, Perform, and Display

• Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons (U.S. Supreme Court, March 19, 2013) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo, Inc., 134 S.Ct. 2498 (2014) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• EUCJ, UsedSoft GmbH v. Oracle International Corp.(2012) (C-128/11)
• EUCJ, GS Media BV v. Sanoma Media Netherlands BV et al. (2016) (C‑160/15)
• EUCJ,VCAST Limited v. RTI SpA (2017) (C‑265/16)
• EUCJ, Nederlands Uitgeversverbond et al. v. Tom Kabinet Internet BV et al. (C‑263/18)

9. Fair use and Misuse

• 17 U.S.C. 107
• Art. 10, Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of September 9, 1886
• Art. 70, L. 22 aprile 1941, n. 633, Protezione del diritto d’autore e di altri diritti connessi al suo esercizio
• Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., 510 U.S. 569 (1994) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• Cariou v. Prince, Docket No. 11-1197-cv (2nd Cir. 2013) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• Authors Guild v. Google, 804 F.3d 202 (2d Cir. 2015) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• Oracle v. Google (CAFC 2018) [pdf]
• Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios, 464 U.S. 417 (1984) (link)
• EUCJ, Funke Medien NRW GmbH, C‑469/17 (link)
• Trib. Milano 13 luglio 2011 Fond. Giacometti c Fond. Prada [pdf]
• T. F. Aplin, L.A. Bently, Lionel A. F., Displacing the Dominance of the Three-Step Test: The Role of Global, Mandatory Fair Use (February 6, 2018), in Wee Loon Ng, Haochen Sun, and Shyam Balganesh (eds) Comparative Aspects of Limitations and Exceptions in Copyright Law (CUP, 2018), University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 33/2018
• C. Sganga, S. Scalzini, From Abuse of Right to European Copyright Misuse: A New Doctrine for EU Copyright Law (July 31, 2016). International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC), 2017, vol. 48(4), pp.405-435. (link)
• Johan Deckmyn e Vrijheidsfonds VZW contro Helena Vandersteen e a. Causa C‑201/13

10. Cultural Theory

• 17 U.S.C. 106A
• William Fisher, “The Puzzle of Traditional Knowledge,” 67 Duke Law Journal 1511 (2018)
• Sonia k. Katyal, Between semiotic democracy and disobedience: two views of branding, culture and intellectual property, 4 Wipo J. Intell. Prop 50 (2012)

11. Supplements to Copyright: Secondary Liability and Para-copyright

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. v. Grokster, 545 U.S. 913 (2005) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• Viacom v. YouTube, 676 F.3d 19 (CA2 2012) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• EUCJ, Sabam v. Netlog (C‑360/10) (2012) (link)
• EUCJ, Nintendo Co. Ltd v. PCBox srl (Causa C‑355/12) (2014) (link)
• Art. 6, Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
• Art. 17, Directive 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC (link)
• Frank Peterson contro Google LLC e a. e Elsevier Inc. contro Cyando AG. Cause riunite C-682/18 e C-683/18
• COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Guidance on Article 17 of Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
• Trib. Firenze, ord. 11.04.2022 (caso David di Michelangelo) in Foro it., 2023, I, 2283 con nota di R. Caso, Il David, l’Uomo Vitruviano e il diritto all’immagine del bene culturale: verso un’evaporazione del pubblico dominio?

12. Remedies

• 17 U.S.C. 501, 502, 503, 506
• Art. 156, 156-bis, 156-ter, 157, 158, L. 22 aprile 1941, n. 633, Protezione del diritto d’autore e di altri diritti connessi al suo esercizio
• Salinger v. Colting, 607 F.3d 68 (2d Cir. 2010) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• United States v. Moran, 757 F.Supp. 1046 (D.Neb. 1991) [pdf] [MS Word] [h2o]
• EUCJ, Bonnier Audio AB v. Perfect Communication Sweden AB (C‑461/10) (2012) (link)
• Cass. 3 giugno 2015, n. 11464
• Cass. civ., sez. I, ord., 29 luglio 2021, n. 21833