Restatement of the Law,

Copyright

This Restatement will encompass general copyright law.
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This project was on the 2020 Annual Meeting agenda. Although the 2020 Annual Meeting was cancelled, project drafts were produced and posted online. Each was a Tentative Draft, but no motions were made and no voting occurred. The drafts may be revised or supplemented before submission at the next Annual Meeting.

At its meeting in Philadelphia on January 16 and 17, 2020, the Council approved §§ 3.02-3.07 of Chapter 3 on Initial Ownership, Transfers, Licenses, Termination of Grants, and Abandonment in Council Draft No. 4. Section 3.01 was included in the draft only for discussion.

The Council discussed § 2.05 on Exclusion of Facts from Scope of Copyright Protection but no vote was taken. The Reporters will revise the Section in accordance with the discussion and include it in a future Council Draft.

At its meeting in New York City on October 17 and 18, 2019, the Council approved §§ 1.01, 1.03, 1.04, 1.08, 1.09, and 1.11 from Chapter 1 on Subject Matter and Standards and §§ 2.03 and 2.08 from Chapter 2 on Subject Matter of Copyright: Scope of Protection. The Reporters will revise §§ 2.04-2.07 and submit those Sections at a future meeting.

All draft approvals are subject to the discussion at the meeting and usual editorial prerogative.

 

Reporter
Christopher Jon Sprigman New York University School of Law
New York, NY
Associate Reporters
Daniel J. Gervais Vanderbilt University Law School
Nashville, TN
Lydia Pallas Loren Lewis & Clark Law School
Portland, OR
R. Anthony Reese University of California, Irvine School of Law
Irvine, CA
Molly S. Van Houweling University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Berkeley, CA
Advisers
Shyamkrishna Balganesh Columbia Law School
New York, NY
Simon K. Barsky SKB Consulting
Valley Village, CA
Michael M. Baylson U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Stefan Bechtold ETH Zurich
8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Susan G. Braden U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Retired)
Washington, DC
Robert Brauneis George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
Brandon Butler University of Virginia Library
Charlottesville, VA
Dale M. Cendali Kirkland & Ellis LLP
New York, NY
Melissa J. Cha Amazon.com Inc.
Seattle, WA
Jacqueline Charlesworth Sherman Oaks, CA
Kyle Courtney Harvard University, Office for Scholarly Communication
Cambridge, MA
Jeffrey P. Cunard Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Washington, DC
Sarang Damle Latham & Watkins LLP
Washington, DC
Richard Dannay Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P. C.
New York, NY
Graeme B. Dinwoodie IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Chicago, IL
Timothy B. Dyk U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Washington, DC
David Ellen Charter Communications
Stamford, CT
Robin Cooper Feldman University of California, Hastings College of the Law
San Francisco, CA
Simon J. Frankel Covington & Burling LLP
San Francisco, CA
Michael D. Fricklas Advance Publications Inc.
New York, NY
Janet Fries Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Washington, DC
Jeanne C. Fromer New York University School of Law
New York, NY
Andrew Gass Latham & Watkins LLP
San Francisco, CA
Jane C. Ginsburg Columbia Law School
New York, NY
Wendy J. Gordon Boston University School of Law
Boston, MA
Joseph C. Gratz Durie Tangri
San Francisco, CA
Beryl A. Howell U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
Terry J. Ilardi IBM Corporation
Armonk, NY
Michele C. Kane The Walt Disney Company
Burbank, CA
Robert Kasunic U.S. Copyright Office
Washington, DC
Pierre N. Leval U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
New York, NY
Veronica S. Lewis Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Dallas, TX
Jessica D. Litman University of Michigan Law School
Ann Arbor, MI
Dean S. Marks Sherman Oaks, CA
Steven M. Marks Kensington, MD, USA
M. Margaret McKeown U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
San Diego, CA
Heather J. Meeker O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Menlo Park, CA
Peter S. Menell University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Berkeley, CA
Randolph D. Moss U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
Alison Nathan United States District Court, Southern District of NY
New York, NY
David Nimmer Irell & Manella LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Mickey H. Osterreicher National Press Photographers Association
Buffalo, NY
Barrington D. Parker, Jr. U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
New York, NY
Shira Perlmutter Office of the Register, U.S. Copyright Office
Washington, DC
Gloria C. Phares Hoffmann Marshall Strong LLP
New York, NY
Mary Rasenberger The Authors Guild
New York, NY
Meredith Rose Public Knowledge
Washington, DC
Pamela Samuelson University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Berkeley, CA
Benjamin Sheffner Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.
Sherman Oaks, CA
Regan A. Smith U.S. Copyright Office
Washington, DC
Katherine C. Spelman Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA
Jeffrey S. Sutton U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Columbus, OH
Fred von Lohmann San Francisco, CA
Kim McLane Wardlaw U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Pasadena, CA
Liaison
Cynthia S. Arato Shapiro Arato LLP
New York, NY
June Besek Columbia University Law School
New York, NY
Kenneth Doroshow Recording Industry Association of America
Washington, DC
Keith Kupferschmid Copyright Alliance
Washington, DC
Joshua L. Simmons Kirkland & Ellis LLP
New York, NY
Suzanne Telsey McGraw-Hill Education
New York, NY
Members Consultative Group
Charles W. Adams University of Tulsa College of Law
Tulsa, OK
Christopher Edward Appel Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Washington, DC
Tom Baker University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law
Philadelphia, PA
Ian C. Ballon Greenberg Traurig, LLP
East Palo Alto, CA
Ann Bartow University of New Hampshire School of Law
Concord, NH
Sanford L. Bohrer Holland & Knight LLP
Miami, FL
Steven M. Bradford HNI Corporation
Muscatine, IA
Dan L. Burk University of California, Irvine School of Law
Irvine, CA
John K. Bush U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Louisville, KY
Irene Calboli Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, TX
John G. Cameron, Jr. Dickinson Wright PLLC
Grand Rapids, MI
Margaret Chon Seattle University School of Law
Seattle, WA
Stephen Yee Chow Hsuanyeh Law Group PC
Boston, MA
Penelope L. Christophorou Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
New York, NY
Eric R. Claeys George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
Arlington, VA
Wayne Dale Collins Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC
John Martin Conley University of North Carolina School of Law
Chapel Hill, NC
Karen Czapanskiy University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law
Baltimore, MD
Ross E. Davies George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
Arlington, VA
Dave Fagundes University of Houston Law Center
Houston, TX
Boris Feldman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
Palo Alto, CA
James A. Feldman James A. Feldman, Attorney at Law
Washington, DC
Joseph Z. Fleming Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Retired)
Miami, FL
Karen S. Frank Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
San Francisco, CA
Shubha Ghosh Syracuse University College of Law
Syracuse, NY
Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons University of Toledo College of Law
Toledo, OH
Eric Goldman Santa Clara University School of Law
Santa Clara, CA
Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Oakland, CA
Michael Greenwald Philadelphia, PA, USA
Charles E. Griffin Butler Snow LLP
Ridgeland, MS
Herbert J. Hammond Thompson & Knight LLP
Dallas, TX
Micalyn Shafer Harris ADR Services
Ridgewood, NJ
W. Scott Hastings Locke Lord LLP
Dallas, TX
Timothy R. Holbrook Emory University School of Law
Atlanta, GA
David Hricik Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law
Macon, GA
Robert H. Hu St. Mary's University School of Law
San Antonio, TX
Edwin E. Huddleson Washington, DC
Kevin D. Jewell Court of Appeals, Fourteenth District of Texas
Houston, TX
Craig Joyce University of Houston Law Center
Houston, TX
Barry G. Kaiman Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Howard I. Kalodner Western New England University School of Law
New York, NY, USA
Cem Kaner Guelph, Ont, Canada
Jeff Kichaven Jeff Kichaven Commercial Mediation
LOS ANGELES, CA, United States
Nancy S. Kim California Western School of Law
San Diego, CA
Hilary K. Krane Nike Inc.
Beaverton, OR
Peter B Kutner University of Oklahoma College of Law
Norman, OK
Sybil H. Landau New York, NY, USA
Herbert I. Lazerow University of San Diego School of Law
San Diego, CA
Thomas S. Leatherbury Vinson & Elkins LLP
Dallas, TX
Mark A. Lemley Stanford Law School
Stanford, CA
Gerard J. Lewis, Jr. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
Philadelphia, PA
Yvette Joy Liebesman St. Louis University School of Law
Saint Louis, MO
Gail A. Lione Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC, USA
Lee Ann Wheelis Lockridge Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Baton Rouge, LA
Glynn S. Lunney, Jr. Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, TX
Robert E. Lutz Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA
Michael J. Madison University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Pittsburgh, PA
Gerard N. Magliocca Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Indianapolis, IN
Andrew D. Manitsky Lynn, Lynn, Blackman & Manitsky, P.C.
Burlington, VT
Hugh J. Marbury Cozen O'Connor, PC
Washington, DC
James R. Maxeiner University of Baltimore School of Law
Baltimore, MD
Jason Mazzone University of Illinois College of Law
Champaign, IL
Mark McKenna Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame, IN
Katherine G. Minarik Cleverbridge
Chicago, IL
Margaret K. Minister Pierce Atwood LLP
Portland, ME
Kimberly J. Mueller U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Sacramento, CA
Edward M. Mullins Reed Smith LLP
Miami, FL
Gary Myers University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
Columbia, MO
Christopher M. Newman George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
Arlington, VA
Miriam McIntire Nisbet U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Washington, DC, USA
Henry L. Parr Wyche, P.A.
Greenville, SC
R. Ashby Pate Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC
Birmingham, AL
Mary Margaret Penrose Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, TX
Jeffrey M. Pollock Fox Rothschild LLP
Lawrenceville, NJ
Bernard D. Reams, Jr. St. Mary's University School of Law
San Antonio, TX
Noelle M. Reed Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Houston, TX
Terrance G. Reed Lankford & Reed PLLC
Alexandria, VA
Dan Robbins Motion Picture Association, Inc.
Sherman Oaks, CA
James L. Robertson Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A.
Jackson, MS
Jacob H. Rooksby Gonzaga University School of Law
Spokane, WA
Jennifer E. Rothman Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth A. Rowe University of Florida Levin College of Law
Gainesville, FL
Stephen Rubin Law Office of Stephen Rubin
Santa Monica, CA
Matthew Sag Loyola University, Chicago School of Law
Chicago, IL
Jason M. Schultz New York University School of Law
New York, NY
Robert P. Schuster Robert P. Schuster, P.C.
Jackson, WY
Victor E. Schwartz Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Washington, DC
Douglas G. Smith Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Chicago, IL
Jeffrey W. Stempel University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
Las Vegas, NV
H. Mark Stichel Astrachan Gunst Thomas, P.C.
Baltimore, MD
Peter E. Strand Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP (Retired)
Kansas City, MO
S. I. Strong University of Sydney Law School
New South Wales, Australia
Guy Miller Struve Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
New York, NY
Jeannie Suk Gersen Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
Ethan V. Torrey Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, DC
Michael Traynor Cobalt LLP
Berkeley, CA
Marketa Trimble University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
Las Vegas, NV
Dominick Vetri University of Oregon School of Law
Eugene, OR
Steven O. Weise Proskauer Rose LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Nancy E. Weiss Institute of Museum and Library Services
Washington, DC
Alfred C. Yen Boston College Law School
Newton, MA
Peter K. Yu Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, TX

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