The Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts was established to contribute to a broader understanding of the legal aspects of creative works of authorship, including their dissemination and use. The center has encouraged the development of instruction at the Law School in topics such as intellectual property, copyright, trademarks, the regulation of electronic media, and problems arising from new communications technologies.
In addition to basic courses covering various aspects of intellectual property, there are special seminars in intellectual property contracts, law and the music industry, law and the visual arts, law and the theatre, computer law, sports law, and international aspects of intellectual property, as well as an Externship in Law and the Arts. The center also works with other divisions of the University, such as the School of the Arts and the Columbia School of Journalism, in seminars on topics in areas of mutual interest.
Articles
A Tale of Two Copyrights: Literary Property in Revolutionary France and America, Jane C. Ginsburg
Authors as "Licensors" of "Informational Rights" Under U.C.C. Article 2B, Jane C. Ginsburg
China's Network Justice, Benjamin L. Liebman and Tim Wu
Copyright 1992-2012: The Most Significant Development, Jane C. Ginsburg
Copyright and Control Over New Technologies of Dissemination, Jane C. Ginsburg
Copyright in the Digital Environment: Restoring the Balance, Jane C. Ginsburg
Copyright Law, David Goldberg and Jane C. Ginsburg
Copyright's Communications Policy, Tim Wu
Copyright Without Walls?: Speculations on Literary Property in the Library of the Future, Jane C. Ginsburg
"Courts Have Twisted Themselves into Knots": US Copyright Protection for Applied Art, Jane C. Ginsburg
Creation and Commercial Value: Copyright Protection of Works of Information, Jane C. Ginsburg
Cyberspace Sovereignty? – The Internet and the International System, Tim Wu
Duration of Copyright in Audiovisual Works under US Copyright Law, Jane C. Ginsburg
Extraterritoriality and Multiterritorality in Copyright Infringement, Jane C. Ginsburg
Fair Use for Free, or Permitted-but-Paid?, Jane C. Ginsburg
Four Reasons and a Paradox: The Manifest Superiority of Copyright over Sui Generis Protection of Computer Software, Jane C. Ginsburg
From Hypatia to Victor Hugo to Larry and Sergey: ‘All the World's Knowledge’ and Universal Authors’ Rights, Jane C. Ginsburg
Is Music the Next eBooks? An Antitrust Analysis of Apple's Conduct in the Music Industry, Alexa Klebanow and Tim Wu
Is the First Amendment Obsolete?, Tim Wu
Legal Protection of Technological Measures Protecting Works of Authorship: International Obligations and the US Experience, Jane C. Ginsburg
No "Sweat"? Copyright and Other Protection of Works of Information after Feist v. Rural Telephone, Jane C. Ginsburg
On Copyright's Authorship Policy, Tim Wu
Proto-Property in Literary and Artistic Works: Sixteenth-Century Papal Printing Privileges, Jane C. Ginsburg
Putting Cars on the "Information Superhighway": Authors, Exploiters, and Copyright in Cyberspace, Jane C. Ginsburg
Sender Side Transmission Rules for the Internet, Tejas N. Narechania and Tim Wu
Separating the Sony Sheep from the Grokster Goats: Reckoning the Future Business Plans of Copyright-Dependent Technology Entrepeneurs, Jane C. Ginsburg
Strategic Law Avoidance Using the Internet: A Short History, Tim Wu
Subsidizing Creativity Through Network Design: Zero Pricing and Net Neutrality, Robin S. Lee and Tim Wu
The Author's Place in the Future of Copyright, Jane C. Ginsburg
The Concept of Authorship in Comparative Copyright Law, Jane C. Ginsburg
The Legal Landscape: Session 1, Laura Gasaway, Jane C. Ginsburg, Maria Pallante, Shira Perlmutter, and Richard Rudick
The Most Moral of Rights: The Right to be Recognized as the Author of One's Work, Jane C. Ginsburg
The Right to Claim Authorship in U.S. Copyright and Trademarks Law, Jane C. Ginsburg
The U.S. Experience with Copyright Formalities: A Love/Hate Relationship, Jane C. Ginsburg
The World Trade Law of Censorship and Internet Filtering, Tim Wu
Tolerated Use, Tim Wu
When Code Isn't Law, Tim Wu
"With Untired Spirits and Formal Constancy": Berne Compatibility of Formal Declaratory Measures to Enhance Copyright Title-Searching, Jane C. Ginsburg
Essays
Application-Centered Internet Analysis, Tim Wu
Berne-Forbidden Formalities and Mass Digitization, Jane C. Ginsburg
Intellectual Property, Innovation, and Decentralized Decisions, Tim Wu
Working Papers
A Brief History of American Telecommunications Regulation, Tim Wu
Antitrust via Rulemaking: Competition Catalysts, Tim Wu
Application-Centered Internet Analysis, Tim Wu
Asking the Right Questions in Copyright Cases: Lessons from Aereo and its International Brethren, Rebecca Giblin and Jane C. Ginsburg
A Tale of Two Platforms, Tim Wu
Berne-Forbidden Formalities and Mass Digitization, Jane C. Ginsburg
China's Network Justice, Benjamin L. Liebman and Tim Wu
Comments on ALRC Discussion Paper 79, Copyright and the Digital Economy, June M. Besek, Jane C. Ginsburg, and Philippa Loengard
Contracts, Orphan Works, and Copyright Norms: What Role for Berne and TRIPs?, Jane C. Ginsburg
Does Google Content Degrade Google Search? Experimental Evidence, Michael Luca, Tim Wu, Sebastian Couvidat, and Daniel Frank
Essay – The Author's Name as a Trademark: A Perverse Perspective on the Moral Right of «Paternity»?, Jane C. Ginsburg
European Copyright Code – Back to First Principles (with Some Additional Detail), Jane C. Ginsburg
Exceptional Authorship: The Role of Copyright Exceptions in Promoting Creativity, Jane C. Ginsburg
Extended Collective Licenses in International Treaty Perspective: Issues and Statutory Implementation, Jane C. Ginsburg
Fair Use for Free, or Permitted-but-Paid?, Jane C. Ginsburg
From Having Copies to Experiencing Works: The Development of an Access Right in U.S. Copyright Law, Jane C. Ginsburg
Homes with Tails: What if You Could Own Your Internet Connection?, Tim Wu and Derek Slater
Inducers and Authorisers: A Comparison of the US Supreme Court's Grokster Decision and the Australian Federal Court's KaZaa Ruling, Jane C. Ginsburg and Sam Ricketson
Intellectual Property As Seen by Barbie and Mickey: The Reciprocal Relationship of Copyright and Trademark Law, Jane C. Ginsburg
Intellectual Property Experimentalism By Way of Competition Law, Tim Wu
Intellectual Property in News? Why Not?, Sam Ricketson and Jane C. Ginsburg
Intellectual Property, Innovation, and Decentralized Decisions, Tim Wu
International Copyright: From a "Bundle" of National Copyright Laws to a Supranational Code?, Jane C. Ginsburg
Is Internet Exceptionalism Dead?, Tim Wu
Keeping the Internet Neutral?: Tim Wu and Christopher Yoo Debate, Tim Wu and Christopher S. Yoo
Letter from the U.S.: Exclusive Rights, Exceptions, and Uncertain Compliance with International Norms – Part II (Fair Use), Jane C. Ginsburg
Letter from the U.S.: Exclusive Rights, Exceptions, and Uncertain Compliance with International Norms – Part I (Making Available Right), Jane C. Ginsburg
Licensing Commercial Value: From Copyright to Trademarks and Back, Jane C. Ginsburg
Moral Rights in the US: Still in Need of a Guardian Ad Litem, Jane C. Ginsburg
Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination, Tim Wu
Of Mutant Copyrights, Mangled Trademarks, and Barbie's Beneficence: The Influence of Copyright on Trademark Law, Jane C. Ginsburg
On Aereo and "Avoision", Rebecca Giblin and Jane C. Ginsburg
On Copyright’s Communications Policy, Tim Wu
On the Future of Internet Governance, Tim Wu, Esther Dyson, A. Michael Froomkin, and David A. Gross
Overview of Copyright Law, Jane C. Ginsburg
Parallel Exclusion, C. Scott Hemphill and Tim Wu
Private International Law Aspects of Authors' Contracts: The Dutch and French Examples, Jane C. Ginsburg and Pierre Sirinelli
Recent Developments in US Copyright Law – Part II, Caselaw: Exclusive Rights on the Ebb?, Jane C. Ginsburg
Recent Developments in US Copyright Law: Part I – "Orphan" Works, Jane C. Ginsburg
"Section 5 and 'Unfair Methods of Competition': Protecting Competition or Increasing Uncertainty?", Tim Wu
Separating the Sony Sheep from the Grokster Goats: Reckoning the Future Business Plans of Copyright-Dependent Technology Entrepreneurs, Jane C. Ginsburg
Speaking of Moral Rights, A Conversation, Jane C. Ginsburg and Eva E. Subotnik
The 1593 Antonio Tempesta Map of Rome, Jane C. Ginsburg
The Concept of Authorship in Comparative Copyright Law, Jane C. Ginsburg
The Copyright Paradox, Tim Wu
The International Privacy Regime, Tim Wu
The (New?) Right of Making Available to the Public, Jane C. Ginsburg
The Pros and Cons of Strengthening Intellectual Property Protection: Technological Protection Measures and Section 1201 of the Us Copyright Act, Jane C. Ginsburg
The Right to Claim Authorship in U.S. Copyright and Trademarks Law, Jane C. Ginsburg
"The Sole Right ... Shall Return to the Authors": Anglo-American Authors' Reversion Rights from the Statute of Anne to Contemporary U.S. Copyright, Lionel Bently and Jane C. Ginsburg
The Whole is More Public Domain than the Parts?: US Copyright Protection for Works of Applied Art Under Star Athletica's Imagination Test, Jane C. Ginsburg
The World Trade Law of Internet Filtering, Tim Wu
Toward Supranational Copyright Law? The WTO Panel Decision and the "Three-Step Test" for Copyright Exceptions, Jane C. Ginsburg
'Une Chose Publique'? The Author's Domain and the Public Domain in Early British, French and US Copyright Law, Jane C. Ginsburg
User-Generated Content Sites and Section 512 of the US Copyright Act, Jane C. Ginsburg
We Need to Talk About Aereo: Copyright-Avoiding Business Models, Cloud Storage and a Principled Reading of the "Transmit" Clause, Rebecca Giblin and Jane C. Ginsburg
We (Still) Need to Talk About Aereo: New Controversies and Unresolved Questions After the Supreme Court's Decision, Rebecca Giblin and Jane C. Ginsburg
When Code Isn't Law, Tim Wu