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Podcast, Usage-Based Pricing In Broadband, Daniel Lyons Nov 2012

Podcast, Usage-Based Pricing In Broadband, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

No abstract provided.


Podcast: Talk America Inc. V. Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Daniel Lyons Jul 2011

Podcast: Talk America Inc. V. Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

No abstract provided.


Podcast: Is Net Neutrality A Virtual Taking?, Daniel Lyons Apr 2011

Podcast: Is Net Neutrality A Virtual Taking?, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

No abstract provided.


Editor-In-Chief Of The Journal Of The Copyright Society Of The U.S.A. For 2011-15, Joseph Liu Dec 2010

Editor-In-Chief Of The Journal Of The Copyright Society Of The U.S.A. For 2011-15, Joseph Liu

Joseph P. Liu

Appointed Editor-in-Chief of peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on copyright law.


Saving Journalism From Itself? Hot News, Copyright Fair Use And News Aggregation, Joseph Liu Apr 2010

Saving Journalism From Itself? Hot News, Copyright Fair Use And News Aggregation, Joseph Liu

Joseph P. Liu

Served as a panelist at a conference at Harvard Law School on "Journalism's Digital Transition: Unique Legal Challenges and Opportunities," sponsored by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.


The Mechanical License And The Origins Of Regulatory Copyright, Joseph Liu Apr 2009

The Mechanical License And The Origins Of Regulatory Copyright, Joseph Liu

Joseph P. Liu

Analyzing the first compulsory license in U.S. copyright law, and arguing that it served as a template for a more "regulatory" approach to copyright law.


Two-Factor Fair Use?, Joseph Liu Feb 2008

Two-Factor Fair Use?, Joseph Liu

Joseph P. Liu

This Article engages in a thought experiment. It asks whether fair use would be improved if courts gave exclusive consideration to only two of the four statutory factors: (1) the purpose and character of the use; and (2) the impact of the use on the market.6 In other words, fair use under this proposal would be converted from a contextual multi-factor test into a two-factor balancing test in which courts would expressly and directly weigh one consideration against another. The remaining two factors, i.e., the nature of the work and the amount used, would be eliminated from consideration or, alternatively, …


Consumer Protection: Inside Copyright Law Or Outside?, Joseph Liu Mar 2007

Consumer Protection: Inside Copyright Law Or Outside?, Joseph Liu

Joseph P. Liu

Invited to participate on a panel discussing the impact of consumer protection on copyright law.


Copyright And Breathing Space, Joseph Liu Oct 2006

Copyright And Breathing Space, Joseph Liu

Joseph P. Liu

According to the U.S. Supreme Court, copyright law’s fair use and idea/expression doctrines are “built-in free speech safeguards” that establish a “definitional balance” between copyright and the First Amendment. Yet these “built-in free speech safeguards” are among the most uncertain and ill-defined doctrines in all of copyright law. If we accept the Supreme Court’s statement that these doctrines play a critical role as First Amendment safety valves, it follows that the chilling effect of uncertainty in these doctrines has a constitutional dimension. Current copyright law doctrine, however, fails to take into account the potential chilling effect of copyright liability. This …


The Legal Framework Surrounding Digital Rights Management Technologies, Joseph Liu Oct 2006

The Legal Framework Surrounding Digital Rights Management Technologies, Joseph Liu

Joseph P. Liu

Providing legal framework for digital rights management.