1. Reading material for the course LICS 2008-2009

2. Italian and European Sources of Law J. S. Lena, U. Mattei Introduction to Italian Law, edited by The Hague, Kluwer law international, 2002.

3. History of Copyright Law L. Ray Patterson, Copyright and “the Exclusive Right” of Authors, 1 Journal of Intellectual Property Law, 1 (1993)

4. Copyright Law: General Principle Regulations: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works WIPO Copyright Treaty United States Code Title 17 (Copyright Law) Italian Copyright Law (L. n. 633/1941) Council Directive 91/250/EEC of 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programs

5. Copyright Law: General Principle T. Dreier, B. Hungenholtz, Coincise European Copyright Law, Amsterdam, 2006 Guibault L. M. C. R., Contracts and Copyright Exemptions, in Copyright and Electronic Commerce, Legal Aspects of Electronic Copyright Management, 125, The Hague, 2000 Lemley M. A., Menell P. S., Merges R. P., Intellectual Property in the Technological Age, III ed., New York, 2003

6. Authorship and Ownership J. C. Ginsburg, The concept of authorship in comparative copyright law, 52 DePaul L. Rev. 1063 (2003); M. La France, Authorship, dominance and the captive collaborator: preserving the rights of joints authors, 50 Emory L. J. 193 (2001) P. Jaszi, On the author effect: contemporary copyright and collective creativity, 10 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L. J. 293 (1992)

7. Legal Protection of Software L. A. Hollaar, Legal Protection of Digital Information, Washington, 2002, Chapter 2: Copyright of Computer Programs B. Czarnota, R. J. Hart, Legal Protection of Computer Programs in Europe. A Guide to EC Directive, London, Dublin, Edimburgh, Munchen, 1998 Lemley M. A., Menell P. S., Merges R. P., Samuelson P., Software and Internet Law, I ed., New York, 2000

8. Legal Protection of Database P. B. Hugenholtz, The Directive 96/9/EEC on the legal protection of databases, in T. Dreier, B. Hugenholtz (Ed.), Coincise European Copyright Law, Amsterdam. 2006

9. Software Licenses Madison M. J., Reconstructing the Software License, 35 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 275 (2003) Nadan C. H., Software Licensing in the 21th Century: Are Software “Licenses” really Sales, and how will the Software Industry Respond?, 32 AIPLA Q. L. 555 (2004) Nimmer R. T., Licensing in the Contemporary Information Economy, 8 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y 99 (2002)