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Abandoning Copyright, Dave Fagundes, Aaron Perzanowski
Abandoning Copyright, Dave Fagundes, Aaron Perzanowski
William & Mary Law Review
For nearly two hundred years, U.S. copyright law has assumed that owners may voluntarily abandon their rights in a work. But scholars have largely ignored copyright abandonment, and case law on the subject is fragmented and inconsistent. As a result, abandonment remains poorly theorized, owners can avail themselves of no reliable mechanism to abandon their works, and the practice remains rare. This Article seeks to bring copyright abandonment out of the shadows, showing that it is a doctrine rich in conceptual, normative, and practical significance. Unlike abandonment of real and chattel property, which imposes significant public costs in exchange for …
Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Journal, Volume 9, William & Mary Law School
Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Journal, Volume 9, William & Mary Law School
Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Journal
The State of Regulatory Takings
October 3-4, 2019
Panel 1: The State of Regulatory Takings Jurisprudence: A Tribute to Eagle
Panel 2: Public Resources and Private Rights
Panel 3: Natural Gas and Other Energy Takings: Protecting Private Property Rights When the Public Interest is Promoted By a Non-Governmental Entity
Panel 4: Property and Poverty
Featured Author (Eagle)
A Defense Of The Regulatory Takings Doctrine: A Historical Analysis Of This Conflict Between Property Rights And Public Good And A Prediction For Its Future, Andrew Parslow
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
Since man first left the state of nature and formed property rights, there have been issues when states desire to use the property of another for what they consider to be the greater good. In their wisdom, the Founding Fathers of the United States built on centuries of historical principles ranging from the Romans to the English and enshrined in the Fifth Amendment the common law notion that “private property [shall not] be taken for public use, without just compensation.” The rise of environmentalism has brought a new frontier to the ancient struggle between the rights of individuals and the …