Durationator Copyright Files: Foundational Concepts in Usability is the first book to bring together the research of the Durationator Copyright System. The book sets out to understand the boundaries of copyright, including how long copyright lasts. Topics include moral rights, pre-1972 sound recordings, library exceptions, to name just a few topics. The book is also comparative in nature, discussing the Berne Convention and copyright in countries around the world. The approach of the book is to do introduce parts of the 1976 Copyright Act, along with accompanying case law, and in-depth discussions related to both.

1: Introduction

2: Copyright Basics

3: U.S. Domestic Duration

4: Unpublished Works

5: Foreign Works in the U.S.

6: Comparative Copyright

7: Moral Rights

8: Fair Use

9: Library Exceptions and Issues

10: Music Modernization Act

11: Formalities Today

12: State Copyright Sovereign Immunity

13: The CASE Act

14: Usability Assessment

Learn the foundations of copyright-related to the usability of work from non-protectable elements to state sovereign immunity. This book teaches you to think about copyright problems, introducing you to the physics, the traditional contours of what makes it all work.