Intellectual Property Law

Chapter 12 Internet Resources

1. Access the website of the Copyright Office. Use the Document Titles Fee
Calculator at http://copyright.gov/about/fees.html. What is the fee to record a
notice of intent to terminate 13 songs?

2. Search the records of the Copyright Office. Michael Bublé is one of the authors
who applied for the copyright for the musical work Hollywood.

a. Who is the current copyright claimant?

b. How did the claimant obtain title to the work?

c. Review the Copyright Office entry for Michael Bublé’s sound recording
of Come Fly with Me. Who was the author listed on the application?

3. Use the Copyright Term Calculator at
http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/calculator.html and determine when the
following works enter the public domain:

a. A work published in the United States in 1962 with a valid copyright
notice that was not renewed

b. A work published in the United States in 1962 with a valid copyright
notice that was renewed

c. A work published in the United States in 1980 and created in 1979 as a
work made for hire (with a valid copyright notice)