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Orphan Works As Grist For The Data Mill, Matthew Sag Jan 2012

Orphan Works As Grist For The Data Mill, Matthew Sag

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The phenomenon of library digitization in general, and the digitization of so-called“orphan works” in particular, raises many important copyright law questions. However, as this Article explains, correctly understood, there is no orphan works problem for certain kinds of library digitization.

The distinction between expressive and non-expressive works is already well recognized in copyright law as the gatekeeper to copyright protection—novels are protected by copyright, while telephone books and other uncreative compilations of data are not. The same distinction should generally be made in relation to potential acts of infringement.

Preserving the functional force of the idea-expression distinction in the digital …


Advancing Health Law & Social Justice In The Clinic, The Classroom And The Community, Emily Benfer, John Ammann, Lisa Bliss, Sylvia Caley, Robert Pettignano, Elizabeth Tobin Tyler Jan 2012

Advancing Health Law & Social Justice In The Clinic, The Classroom And The Community, Emily Benfer, John Ammann, Lisa Bliss, Sylvia Caley, Robert Pettignano, Elizabeth Tobin Tyler

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Taking And Perfecting Security Interests In Collateral Subject To Specialized Rules: Deposit Accounts, Commercial Tort Claims, Intellectual Property, Steven O. Weise, Neil G. Williams Jan 2012

Taking And Perfecting Security Interests In Collateral Subject To Specialized Rules: Deposit Accounts, Commercial Tort Claims, Intellectual Property, Steven O. Weise, Neil G. Williams

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Targeted Killing, Human Rights And Ungoverned Spaces: Considering Territorial State Human Rights Obligations, John C. Dehn Jan 2012

Targeted Killing, Human Rights And Ungoverned Spaces: Considering Territorial State Human Rights Obligations, John C. Dehn

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