A Review of 2004 Case Law: Is the Internet Changing Copyright Law or is Copyright Law Changing the Internet?

Each year there are ever more cases dealing with copyright and internet law issues. While many of those cases deal with novel issues such as whether copyright protection extends to the unfettered display of the design of "windows" on the internet, others address issues well-settled in the offline world such as the scope of copyright protection afforded to the compilation of facts. This article, first published in Andrews Litigation Reporter, surveys these and other cases from 2004.