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This latest edition of Copyright Law is the first in the field to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the Statute of Anne. It provides a short introduction to each chapter comparing current provisions of U.S. law with relevant aspects of the first copyright act in the modern English Common-law system. Organized in a straightforward way and dealing comprehensively with technology and the globalization of copyright law, notable features of the Eighth Edition and its cumulative supplement include: * Coverage of recent enactments * Treatment of current legislative topics such as The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property ("PRO-IP") Act of 2008, the Vessel Hull Design Protection Amendments of 2008 and the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009. * The Copyright Clause of the U.S. Constitution * The current version of Title 17, the Copyright Act of 1909, and references to related material * A rich assortment of international materials, including the Berne Convention and the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988, NAFTA, GATT / TRIPS, the treaty texts adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organization in December 1996, and the European Union Internet Copyright Directive * Excerpted legislative histories of interest to teachers and students of modern copyright law * Textual updates and new case law developments * Cumulative Bibliography of important secondary materials on copyright (and related bodies of law).