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United States Response To Questionnaire Concerning Collective Management Of Rights, June M. Besek, Philippa Loengard, Alexander T. White, Caitlin Giaimo, Idara Udofia May 2013

United States Response To Questionnaire Concerning Collective Management Of Rights, June M. Besek, Philippa Loengard, Alexander T. White, Caitlin Giaimo, Idara Udofia

Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts

ALAI-USA is the U.S. branch of ALAI (Association Littèraire et Artistique Internationale). ALAI-USA was started in the 1980's by the late Professor Melville B. Nimmer, and was later expanded by Professor John M. Kernochan.


You Can’T Go Home Again: The Righthaven Cases And Copyright Trolling On The Internet, Ian Polonsky Jan 2013

You Can’T Go Home Again: The Righthaven Cases And Copyright Trolling On The Internet, Ian Polonsky

Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts

In the Norwegian folktale Three Billy Goats Gruff, three goats seeking to get fat on the greener pastures of a distant hillside were stopped at the foot of a bridge by a “great ugly troll, with eyes as big as saucers, and a nose as long as a poker.” The troll allowed the first two goats to pass when they assured him of a larger goat to come. Unfortunately, the troll bit off more than he could chew: the third goat was larger than the troll and not the least bit intimidated. The goat launched himself at the troll …


Copyright 1992-2012: The Most Significant Development?, Jane C. Ginsburg Jan 2013

Copyright 1992-2012: The Most Significant Development?, Jane C. Ginsburg

Faculty Scholarship

On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Fordham Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference, its organizer, Professor Hugh Hansen, planned a session on “U.S. Copyright Law: Where Has It Been? Where Is It Going?” and asked me to look back over the twenty years since the conference’s inception in order to identify the most important development in copyright during that period. Of course, the obvious answer is “the Internet,” or “digital media,” whose effect on copyright law has been pervasive. I want to propose a less obvious response, but first acknowledge that digital media and communications have presented …