Copyright   CONSTITUTION Art.1, Sec. 8(8): [T]o promote the progress of sciences and the useful arts, by securing for limited times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. STATUTE 1976 Copyright Act "Exclusive Rights" / The Public Domain Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act (1998) (The Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA)) Eldred v. Ashcroft 537 U.S. 186 (2003) Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 Intellectual Property Protection and Courts Amendments Act of 2004 Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States (Cornell University)   What is Protected? "Original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression." Requires more than"Sweat of the Brow:" Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Serv. Co. , 499 U.S. 340 (1991) Original Expression of an Idea: Beaudin v. Ben and Jerry's (2nd Cir. 1996) Infringement A&M RECORDS V NAPSTER Fair Use Copyright Registration The U.S. Copyright Office