Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 31 - 44 of 44

Full-Text Articles in Law

Amateur-To-Amateur, Dan Hunter, F. Gregory Lastowka Dec 2004

Amateur-To-Amateur, Dan Hunter, F. Gregory Lastowka

William & Mary Law Review

Copyright, it is commonly said, matters in society because it encourages the production of socially beneficial, culturally significant expressive content. Our focus on copyright's recent history, however, blinds us to the social information practices that have always existed. In this Article, we examine these social information practices, and query copyright's role within them. We posit a functional model of what is necessary for creative content to move from creator to user. These are the functions dealing with the creation, selection, production, dissemination, promotion, sale, and use of expressive content. We demonstrate how centralized commercial control of information content has been …


Copyrighting Facts, Michael S. Green Oct 2003

Copyrighting Facts, Michael S. Green

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


"Book Review Of Controlling Voices: Intellectual Property, Humanistic Studies, And The Internet", James S. Heller Jan 2003

"Book Review Of Controlling Voices: Intellectual Property, Humanistic Studies, And The Internet", James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Sequencing, Acoustic Separation, And 3-D Negotiation Of Complex Barriers: Charlene Barshefsky And Ip Rights In China, Rebecca Green, James K. Sebenius Jan 2003

Sequencing, Acoustic Separation, And 3-D Negotiation Of Complex Barriers: Charlene Barshefsky And Ip Rights In China, Rebecca Green, James K. Sebenius

Faculty Publications

Taking the perspective of the lead U.S. negotiator, Charlene Barshefsky, this article details and analyzes the negotiations that took place in the mid-1990s between the United States and the People's Republic of China over intellectual property rights (IPR). Employing a "negotiation analytic" methodology, Charlene Barshefsky's actions are interpreted to suggest a number of promising approaches to managing the daunting complexities of trade and other negotiations: recognizing the multiparty aspects of apparently bilateral dealings and capturing them in a "deal diagram;" carefully assessing "barriers" to agreement; sequencing to build a winning coalition and overcome potentially blocking ones; "acoustic separation" of issueframes; …


Disease Management And Liability In The Human Genome Era, Larry I. Palmer Jan 2002

Disease Management And Liability In The Human Genome Era, Larry I. Palmer

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Digital Information, Licensing, And The Threat To Fair Use, James S. Heller Oct 2001

Digital Information, Licensing, And The Threat To Fair Use, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


A Proactive Solution To The Inherent Dangers Of Biotechnology: Using The Invention Secrecy Act To Restrict Disclosure Of Threatening Biotechnology Patents, James W. Parrett Jr. Oct 2001

A Proactive Solution To The Inherent Dangers Of Biotechnology: Using The Invention Secrecy Act To Restrict Disclosure Of Threatening Biotechnology Patents, James W. Parrett Jr.

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


Agricultural Biotechnology: Why It Can Save The Environment And Developing Nations, But May Never Get A Chance, Mary Lynne Kupchella Apr 2001

Agricultural Biotechnology: Why It Can Save The Environment And Developing Nations, But May Never Get A Chance, Mary Lynne Kupchella

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


Ucita: Still Crazy After All These Years, And Still Not Ready For Prime Time, James S. Heller Jan 2001

Ucita: Still Crazy After All These Years, And Still Not Ready For Prime Time, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Coming Soon To Your State (But Not Ready For Prime Time): Ucita, James S. Heller Nov 2000

Coming Soon To Your State (But Not Ready For Prime Time): Ucita, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


An Economic Analysis Of Damages Rules In Intellectual Property Law, Roger D. Blair, Thomas F. Cotter May 1998

An Economic Analysis Of Damages Rules In Intellectual Property Law, Roger D. Blair, Thomas F. Cotter

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Ancient Doctrine Of Trespass To Web Sites, I. Trotter Hardy Jan 1996

The Ancient Doctrine Of Trespass To Web Sites, I. Trotter Hardy

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Common Law Copyright In Spontaneous Oral Conversation, Paul M. Morley Oct 1969

Common Law Copyright In Spontaneous Oral Conversation, Paul M. Morley

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Newspaper Copyright, Joseph M. Cormack Jan 1931

Newspaper Copyright, Joseph M. Cormack

Faculty Publications

This is a report upon the state of the American law prepared for submission to the International Congress of Comparative Law to be held at The Hague, August 2nd to 6th., 1932. The report was prepared at the request of the American committee of the Interiationad Academy of Comparative Law, and is published with the approval of the Academy. The national reports are to form the basis of a general report, not exceeding xo,ooo words in length, covering the general state of the law in regard to the particular topic. Because of the limitations thus involved, it has been necessary …