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1、PartⅢCopyrightChapter19FoundationsofCopyrightProtectionOriginsandDevelopmentofCopyrightLawCopyrightBasics1OriginsandDevelopmentofCopyrightLaw1TheCopyrightActsofAmericaoriginatedfromtheStatuteofAnne,whichwasenactedbyParliamentin1710inEngland.2AmericanCongressadoptedacopyrightstatutein1790
2、.3Since1790,Congresshassubstantiallyrevisedorrewrittenthecopyrightlawfourtimes—in1831,1870,1909,and1976.4TheUnitedStates’accessiontotheBerneConventionin1989wasaccompaniedbyextraordinaryrevisionsoftheAct.5ThepresentActextendsprotectiontojustaboutanythingthatcanbeexpressintangibleform.2Cop
3、yrightBasicsSomemainprovisionsunderthe1976Act•1Anauthorisprotectedassoonasaworkisrecordedinsomeconcreteway;•2Protectionissecureuntilfiftyyearsafterthedeathoftheauthor;•3Certainexclusiverightsbelongtotheauthor,toherassigns,orsometimestoheremployeriftheworkisa“workforhire.”•4Theauthororcop
4、yrightownerhastheexclusiverighttomakecopiesofthework,andanyonewhoproducescopieswithoutauthorizationissubjecttoaninfringementsuit,whichprovidesdamages,sometimesattorney’sfees,andinjunctiverelief;•5Inadditiontotherighttomakecopies,copyrightprotectionalsoallowstheownertocontrolderivativewor
5、ks—suchasplays,motionpictures,orotheradaptationsofthebasicworkandtosuefordamagesandinjunctivereliefagainstanyoneproducinganythingthatissubstantiallysimilar;•6Theowneralsohasexclusiverights,withrespecttomostworks,todisplayandperformthework.Basic1Theexpressionisthekeybecauseonlytheexpressi
6、onisprotected.ExampleTheideaofaCivilWarfamilybesiegedbytheterrorsandhardshipsofinternecineconflictcannotbecopyrighted.Buttheexpressionofthatideainacomplexdramaticstory,suchasGoneWithTheWind,isaccordedimportantcopyrightprotection.Basic2Thebasicconceptofcopyrightisoriginality6Thus,thetwinc
7、onceptsofexpressionandoriginalityarethefundamentalbuildingblocksofcopyrightprotection。Chapter20TheSubjectMatterofCopyright1OriginalityTheessenceofcopyrightisoriginality,whichimpliesthatthecopyrightownerofclaimantoriginatedthework.ExampleAnauthorcouldgainacopyrightontheRom
