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Following An International Copyright Regime At A Large National Cost: Is It Worth It?, Vaishali Khatri
Following An International Copyright Regime At A Large National Cost: Is It Worth It?, Vaishali Khatri
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
The main question at issue is which view of copyright law the United States should adhere to. Founders of American copyright law based our Constitution on utilitarian principles that promote the spread of knowledge and information to the general public. It has always been held that innovation and creativity were of core importance in an efficiently functioning democracy. With the passing of Section 514, the United States digressed from its national roots in order to comply with an international regime of copyright law. This decision in Golan takes steps to afford private economic benefit to a few copyright holders at …