Paradigm Shifts: A Joyous
Romp Through the Evolution of
Copyright Law . . . Into the
Information Age
Beth Cate
Indiana University
Jack Bernard
University of Michigan
I Think We’re Alone Now
•Tommy James and the Shondells (1967)
•Ritchie Cordell
Then à à à
I Think We’re Alone Now
•Tommy James and the Shondells (1967)
•Ritchie Cordell
Now à à à
I Think We’re Alone Now
•Tiffany (1987)
This is a remake.
She has copied a
lot of authorship
here.
I Think I’m A Clone Now
•Weird Al Yankovic (1988)
Then à à à
I Think I’m A Clone Now
• Weird Al Yankovic (1988)
He has authored
new lyrics for
the remake.
Now à
à
Amazing Grace
•Leanne Rhimes (1997)
•John Newton (1748)
House of the Rising Sun
•The Animals (1964)
•Unknown
Amazing Grace
•The Blind Boys From Alabama (2001)
They have created a
new work with public
domain works.
He’s So Fine
•The Chiffons (1962)
•Ronald Mack
My Sweet Lord
Bright Tunes Music v Harrisongs Music, 420 F. Supp. 177 (SDNY 1976)
•George Harrison (1971)
Before Then à
My Sweet Lord
•George Harrison (1971)
Then à à à
My Sweet Lord
•Girlyman (2004)
•George Harrison
Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures
663 F. Supp. 706 (S.D.N.Y. 1987)
Run Through The Jungle
•Credence Clearwater Revival (1970)
•John Fogerty
The Old Man Down the Road
Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc., 510 U.S. 517 (1994)
• John Fogerty (1985)
Ghost Busters
•Ray Parker, Jr. (1984)
I Want A New Drug
•Huey Lewis (1983)
Pop Muzik
•M (Robin Scott) (1979)
Super Freak and
You Can’t Touch This
(1981)
(1990)
Under Pressure v. Ice Ice Baby
(1990)
(1981)
Oh Pretty Woman
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, 510 U.S. 569 (1994)
Roy Oribson (1964)
2LiveCrew (1989)
The Way the Wind Blows
Suntrust v. Houghton Mifflin Co., 252 F. 3d 1165 (11th Cir. 2001)
Dr. Seuss v. Penguin Books
Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. v. Penguin Books USA, Inc.109 F.3d 1394
(9th Cir. 1997)
The Cat Not in the Hat
I did not kill my lovely wife.
I did not slash her with a knife.
I did not bonk her on the head.
I did not know that she was dead.
I stayed at home that fateful night.
I took a limo, then took a flight.
The bag I had was just for me.
My bag! My bag! Hey, leave it be.
Alone Again (Naturally)
•Gilbert O’Sullivan (1972)
Then à à à
Alone Again (Naturally)
•Gilbert O’Sullivan (1972)
Now à à à
Alone Again
Grand Upright Music, Ltd v. Warner Bros. Records Inc., 780
F.Supp. 182 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)
•Biz Markie (1990)
I’ve Got My Mind Set On You
•George Harrison (1987)
This Song Is Just Six Words Long
•Weird Al Yankovic (1988)
Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp.137 F.3d 109 (2nd Cir. 1998)
Castle Rock Entertainment Inc. v. Carol Publishing
Group, 150 F.3d 132 (2nd Cir. 1998),
The Smallest Sample
Get Off Your Ass and Jam
Funkadelic (1975, Clinton)
100 Miles and Runnin’
NWA (1989)
Choir v. Pass the Mic
Newton v. Diamond 349 F.3d 591 (9th Cir. 2003)
James Newton (1978)
The Beastie Boys (1992)
Purple Haze
•Jimi Hendrix (1967)
4’33”
John Cage
(1952)
John Cage
A One Minute Silence
Mike Batt
(2002)
Batt/Cage
Questions and Discussion