CopyrightX AUC: The Economics of Copyright and Creativity 2015

  • Nagham El Houssamy (American University in Cairo)
  • Prof. William T. Fisher III

CopyrightX: The Economics of Copyright and Creativity, offered by AUC is a member of the CopyrightX Community, a network of affiliated courses offered by several universities and other institutions between January and April of each year. Through a combination of pre-recorded lectures, readings, seminars, live webcasts, and online discussions, the participants in these courses examine and assess the ways in which law seeks to stimulate and regulate creative expression. Some of the conversations enabled by CopyrightX are small and limited to students in a single course, while others are global and engage the students in all of the affiliated institutions. CopyrightX was developed by Professor William Fisher at Harvard Law School; it is hosted and supported by the HarvardX distance-learning initiative and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. A list of the participating organizations and additional information concerning this educational initiative is available at http://copyx.org.

2 Lecture 2: Fairness and Personality Theories 2 Lecture 2: Fairness and Personality Theories

2.1. "Theories of Copyright" by Jessica Meindertsma

"Theories of Copyright" by Jessica Meindertsma
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CopyrightX AUC: The Economics of Copyright and Creativity 2015

Nagham El Houssamy Prof. William T. Fisher III

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Table of contents

  1. 1

    Lecture 1: The Foundations of Copyright Law

  2. 2

    Lecture 2: Fairness and Personality Theories

    1. 2.1

      "Theories of Copyright" by Jessica Meindertsma

  3. 3

    Lecture 3: The Subject Matter of Copyright

  4. 4

    Lecture 4: Welfare Theory

  5. 5

    Lecture 5: Authorship

  6. 6

    Lecture 6: The Mechanics of Copyright

  7. 7

    Lecture 7: The Rights to Reproduce and Modify

  8. 8

    Lecture 8: The Rights to Distribute, Perform, and Display

  9. 9

    Lecture 9: Fair Use and Misuse

  10. 10

    Lecture 10: Cultural Theory

  11. 11

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

  12. 12

    Lecture 12: Remedies

  13. 13

    EGYPTIAN COPYRIGHT CASES

  14. 14

    Background Readings

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