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The Slippery Slope Of Secrecy: Why Patent Law Preempts Reverse-Engineering Clauses In Shrink-Wrap Licenses, John E. Mauk
The Slippery Slope Of Secrecy: Why Patent Law Preempts Reverse-Engineering Clauses In Shrink-Wrap Licenses, John E. Mauk
William & Mary Law Review
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Owning Digital Copies: Copyright Law And The Incidents Of Copy Ownership, Joseph P. Liu
Owning Digital Copies: Copyright Law And The Incidents Of Copy Ownership, Joseph P. Liu
William & Mary Law Review
As copyrighted works are increasingly distributed in digital form over the Internet, our conventional print-based understandings of the rights associated with copy ownership are coming into increasing conflict with the copyright owner's right to restrict copying. Specifically, certain common activities, such as reading and transferring physical copies of copyrighted works (such as books), are increasingly being viewed as potential acts of copyright infringement when applied to digital copies. This Article explores this conflict by taking a close look at the concept of copy ownership. It argues that conventional notions of physical property ownership play an important, unrecognized role in copyright …