Copyright: A Contemporary Approach

This webpage provides links to the current annual supplement to Robert Brauneis & Roger E. Schechter, Copyright: A Contemporary Approach (2nd ed. 2018), and to online materials that are also linked directly from the electronic versions of the book or the supplement.

Annual Supplement

The current annual supplement, for Fall 2024, is available in PDF format here

Online Materials

Online materials that are linked from the electronic versions of the book and the supplement are available below:

Chapter 2

• "Oscar Wilde No. 18" by Napoleon Sarony, the photograph at issue in the Burrow-Giles case (Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53 (1884))
• The photograph "Catch of the Day," by wildlife photographer Thomas Mangelsen (Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co., 377 F.Supp.2d 444 (2005))
• The photographs "Grace of Youth" and "Cherry Ripe" (Gross v. Seligman, 212 F. 930 (2d Cir. 1914))
• Jorie Gracen's painting (Gracen v. Bradford Exchange, 698 F.2d 300 (7th Cir. 1983))
• The Bradford Exchange plate featuring a painting by James Auckland (Gracen v. Bradford Exchange, 698 F.2d 300 (7th Cir. 1983))
• The copyright registration rejection letter sent to Cindy Garcia (Garcia v. Google, Inc., 786 F.3d 733 (9th Cir. 2015))

Chapter 3

• Abie's Irish Rose Original Copyright Registration and Renewal Index Card (Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp., 45 F.2d 119 (2d Cir. 1931))

Several sample pages from the February 15 - March 31, 1987 issue of the Automobile Red Book ("ARB") for Region A, with explanatory captions (CCC Information Services, Inc. v. Maclean Hunter Market Reports, Inc., 44 F.3d 61 (2d Cir. 1994))

A fisherman's sweater similiar to the one at issue in the Banff Ltd. case (Banff Ltd. v. Express, Inc., 921 F. Supp. 1065 (S.D.N.Y. 1995))

The scene in the movie "What Women Want" in which the Gottlieb pinball machine appears in the background (Gottlieb Development LLC v. Paramount Pictures Corp., 590 F.Supp.2d 625 (S.D.N.Y. 2008))

The cover of the March 1967 issue of Holiday magazine, featuring a photograph of the Chicago Picasso (Letter Edged in Black Press, Inc. v. Public Building Commission of Chicago, 320 F. Supp. 1303 (N.D. Ill. 1970))

The back side of an A.R.T. Company tile that incorporates a glued-on copy of a work of art on the other side (Lee v. A.R.T. Company, 125 F.3d 580 (7th Cir. 1997))

The Battilossi Public Domain Carpet; Tufenkian's Floral Heriz (without borders); and Bashian's Bromley 514 (without borders) (Tufenkian Import/Export Ventures, Inc. v. Einstein Moomjy, Inc., 338 F.3d 127 (2d Cir. 2003))

The scene in the television show "Roc" in which the painting "Church Picnic," by Faith Ringgold, appears in the background (Ringgold v. Black Entertainment Television, Inc., 126 F.3d 70 (2d Cir. 1997))

A Reglor lamp base (Mazer v. Stein, 347 U.S. 201 (1954))

A Paul Whiteman Orchestra recording on the Victor label featuring the language "Not Licensed for Radio Broadcast"(RCA Mfg. Co. v. Whiteman, 114 F.2d 86 (1940))

The lyrics of "Oh Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison and William Dees, and the lyrics of "Pretty Woman" as recorded by 2 Live Crew (Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, 510 U.S. 569 (1994))

Robert H. Nutt Advertisement - The Rotarian September 1939 (Nutt v. National Institute Inc. for the Improvement of Memory, 31 F,2d 236 (2d Cir. 1929))

Missing Persons LP Front Cover and Detail of Back Cover with Gregory Poe Swimsuit Credit (Poe v. Missing Persons, 745 F.2d 1238 (9th Cir.1984))

Portrait of the Honorable Henry Jacob Friendly, 1903-1986; Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1959-1974 (Senior Status, 1974-1986)

The original 1886 Uncle Sam bank (left) and Jeffrey Snyder's 1975 version (right) (L. Batlin & Son v. Snyder, 536 F.2d 486 (2d Cir. 1976))