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Full-Text Articles in Law
Intellectual Property, Copyright, And Piracy: A Cultural View, Steven W. Staninger
Intellectual Property, Copyright, And Piracy: A Cultural View, Steven W. Staninger
Copley Library: Faculty Scholarship
Religion plays a major role in determining culture, and has an important effect on how laws are both written and enforced. The concept of intellectual property varies in different cultural traditions, and the dominant religion of a culture plays a major role in the how copyright is viewed and if it is respected or enforced. This paper briefly evaluates the cultures of three major religious and intellectual traditions to determine what, if any, effect their beliefs and values have on the respect for and enforcement of laws defending intellectual property and copyright.
A State Law Approach To Preserving Fair Use In Academic Libraries, David R. Hansen
A State Law Approach To Preserving Fair Use In Academic Libraries, David R. Hansen
David R Hansen
Why Full Open Access Matters, Michael Carroll
Why Full Open Access Matters, Michael Carroll
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
This Perspective argues that when authors or funders pay the full cost of publishing a scientific or scholarly journal article in an open access journal, the terms of reuse should require only attribution to some combination of the author(s), the original publisher, and the funder. Publications that charge authors and their financial backers the full cost of publication and then add other reuse restrictions are not fully open access publications.
Why Full Open Access Matters, Michael W. Carroll
Why Full Open Access Matters, Michael W. Carroll
Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series
This Perspective argues that when authors or funders pay the full cost of publishing a scientific or scholarly journal article in an open access journal, the terms of reuse should require only attribution to some combination of the author(s), the original publisher, and the funder. Publications that charge authors and their financial backers the full cost of publication and then add other reuse restrictions are not fully open access publications.
Why Full Open Access Matters, Michael W. Carroll
Why Full Open Access Matters, Michael W. Carroll
Michael W. Carroll
What Can I Do With This?: Deciphering Copyright And License Notices, Benjamin J. Keele, Frederick W. Dingledy
What Can I Do With This?: Deciphering Copyright And License Notices, Benjamin J. Keele, Frederick W. Dingledy
Library Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
First Amendment Based Copyright Misuse, David S. Olson
First Amendment Based Copyright Misuse, David S. Olson
David S. Olson
We are at a crossroads with respect to the underdeveloped equitable defense of copyright misuse. The defense may go the way of its sibling, antitrust-based patent misuse, which seems to be in a state of inevitable decline. Or—if judges accept the proposal of this Article—courts could reinvigorate the copyright misuse defense to better protect First Amendment speech that is guaranteed by statute, but that is often chilled by copyright holders misusing their copyrights to control others’ speech. The Copyright Act serves First Amendment interests by encouraging authors to create works. But copyright law can also discourage the creation of new …
Cablevision's Remote Dv-R System And A Solution For The Digital-Recording Age, Justin M. Jacobson
Cablevision's Remote Dv-R System And A Solution For The Digital-Recording Age, Justin M. Jacobson
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Copyright Basics, B. Douglas Robbins
Copyright Basics, B. Douglas Robbins
B. Douglas Robbins
In this paper we discuss the fundamentals of copyright law: what sort of works are protected by copyright, what sort of works are not protected, how copyright protection operates, the term of copyright protection, and what the consequences are for copyright infringement.
Harvesting Intellectual Property: "Inspired Beginnings" And "Work Makes Work," Two Stages In The Creative Processes Of Artists And Innovators, Jessica M. Silbey
Harvesting Intellectual Property: "Inspired Beginnings" And "Work Makes Work," Two Stages In The Creative Processes Of Artists And Innovators, Jessica M. Silbey
Jessica Silbey
This Article is part of a larger empirical study based on face-to-face interviews with artists, scientists, engineers, their lawyers, agents, and business partners. The book-length project involves the collecting and analysis of stories from artists, scientists, and engineers about how and why they create and innovate. It also collects stories from their employers, business partners, managers, and lawyers about their role in facilitating the process of creating and innovating. The book’s aim is to make sense of the intersection between intellectual property law and creative and innovative activity, specifically to discern how intellectual property intervenes in the careers of the …
Copyright Versus The Public Domain: Does The Constitution Allow Congress To Take Works From The Public Domain And Replace Those With Private Exclusive Rights?, Dennis D. Crouch, Ted Wright
Copyright Versus The Public Domain: Does The Constitution Allow Congress To Take Works From The Public Domain And Replace Those With Private Exclusive Rights?, Dennis D. Crouch, Ted Wright
Faculty Publications
This case arose out of U.S. treaty obligations to restore copyright to foreign authors who had failed to comply with the pre-1989 formalities in the law. Section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreement Act (URAA) restores those copyrights and, in doing so, allowed thousands of widely disseminated works to be removed from the public domain. Petitioners challenge the law—arguing that the law overreaches constitutional authority and violates speech rights protected by the First Amendment.
The Power Of Music: Applying First Amendment Scrutiny To Copyright Regulation Of Internet Radio, Amanda Reid
The Power Of Music: Applying First Amendment Scrutiny To Copyright Regulation Of Internet Radio, Amanda Reid
Amanda Reid
Draft Of Product Design: The Misfit Of Intellectual Property Law - 2011, Wendy J. Gordon
Draft Of Product Design: The Misfit Of Intellectual Property Law - 2011, Wendy J. Gordon
Scholarship Chronologically
The collection of legal rights commonly labeled "intellectual property" does not reflect any comprehensive master plan. Indeed, the label itself does a disservice in suggesting a set of laws with some coherence, cohesion, or at least commonality. 1 In fact, the various laws governing so-called intellectual property have evolved to address disparate concerns, at different times, and through distinct legal tools. 2 As a result, the canvas of intellectual property laws looks more like a messy collage - with overlaps, unmarked or blank spaces, and jagged edges - than a neat landscape characterized by careful planning and harmony.
The Sine Qua Non Of Copyright Is Uniqueness, Not Originality, Samson Vermont
The Sine Qua Non Of Copyright Is Uniqueness, Not Originality, Samson Vermont
Samson Vermont
The Supreme Court tells us originality is the sine qua non of copyright. I argue uniqueness is. Copyright only protects unique work – work no one created before (novel) and no one could independently create after (unrepeatable).
The Court also tells us originality has two components: independent creation by the author and creativity. But they are mere heuristics for uniqueness. Independent creation is over-inclusive; creativity is both over- and under-inclusive. They do not offset each other, so gaps remain. Courts plug most of the gaps with limiting doctrines and the substantial similarity standard. To put it imprecisely: (independent creation) + …
Copyrighting Shakespeare: Jacob Tonson, Eighteenth Century English Copyright And The Birth Of Shakespeare Scholarship, Jeffrey M. Gaba
Copyrighting Shakespeare: Jacob Tonson, Eighteenth Century English Copyright And The Birth Of Shakespeare Scholarship, Jeffrey M. Gaba
Jeffrey M. Gaba
In 1709, Jacob Tonson, the most significant publisher of his age, purchased the “copyright” to Shakespeare. Tonson and his family over the next fifty years went on to publish some of the most significant editions of the collected works of Shakespeare, edited by the likes of Nicholas Rowe, Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson. In many ways, the Tonsons were responsible for the growth of Shakespeare’s popularity and the critical study of his work. This article discusses the significance of copyright to the Tonsons’ publication decisions. It suggests that the Tonson copyright did not significantly “encourage” their contributions to Shakespeare scholarship. …
The Content Of Their Characters - J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield And Fredrik Colting, Kathleen (Kate) M. O'Neill
The Content Of Their Characters - J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield And Fredrik Colting, Kathleen (Kate) M. O'Neill
Kathleen M. O'Neill
This paper analyzes J. D. Salinger’s recent suit against Fredrik Colting for infringing Salinger’s copyright in THE CATCHER IN THE RYE and its character Holden Caulfield. The case has been widely noticed because the Second Circuit extended to copyright cases a heightened standard for injunctive relief that requires evidence of irreparable harm. Meanwhile, however, the court’s certainty that Salinger should prevail on the merits has escaped much critique. To begin, I argue that the district court misread Colting’s novel by mistaking his metafiction for a conventional sequel. I suggest two practical litigation strategies to avoid this outcome. Next, I fault …
Fair Use Markets: On Weighing Potential License Fees, Wendy J. Gordon
Fair Use Markets: On Weighing Potential License Fees, Wendy J. Gordon
Faculty Scholarship
Justice Breyer began his classic article, The Uneasy Case for Copyright, with a line from Lord Macaulay, that copyright is "'a tax on readers for the purpose of giving a bounty to writers.'" Our society and its law values both writers and readers; the law cannot favor one side too much without losing some of the benefits the other side could have contributed. Make reading expensive and it will decrease, and readers might substitute less socially productive behaviors to take its place.
Triggering Infection: Distribution And Derivative Works Under The Gnu General Public License, Theresa Gue
Triggering Infection: Distribution And Derivative Works Under The Gnu General Public License, Theresa Gue
Theresa Gue
Imagine that Microsoft discovers that its profitable program, Microsoft Word, contains lines of code borrowed from an open-source software program. Further imagine that as a result of this oversight, all users of Microsoft Word now have a license to freely distribute, reproduce, and modify Word, and Microsoft is required to provide the source code to users in order to facilitate such actions. This is the exact scenario envisioned and feared by many corporations today. It is also the reason why the GNU General Public License (“GPL”), the most popular open-source license in the world, is also the most feared. The …
Librarians Can Improve Law Journal Publishing, Benjamin J. Keele, Michelle Pearse
Librarians Can Improve Law Journal Publishing, Benjamin J. Keele, Michelle Pearse
Library Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Sampling, Looping, And Mashing . . . Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans
Sampling, Looping, And Mashing . . . Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
This article examines the deleterious impact of copyright law on music creation. It highlights hip hop music as an example of a genre significantly and negatively impacted by 1) the per se infringement rule applied in some instances to cases involving unauthorized sampling of sound recordings; and 2) traditional (and arguably erroneous) assumptions in copyright law and policy of independent creation and Romantic authorship. For decades hip hop producers have relied on the innovative use of existing recordings (most of which are protected by copyright), to create completely new works. Specifically, cuttin’ and scratchin’, digital sampling, looping and (most recently) …
Sampling, Looping, And Mashing … Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans
Sampling, Looping, And Mashing … Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans
Tonya M. Evans
This article examines the deleterious impact of copyright law on music creation. It highlights hip hop music as an example of a genre significantly and negatively impacted by 1) the per se infringement rule applied in some instances to cases involving unauthorized sampling of sound recordings; and 2) traditional (and arguably erroneous) assumptions in copyright law and policy of independent creation and Romantic authorship.
For decades hip hop producers have relied on the innovative use of existing recordings (most of which are protected by copyright), to create completely new works. Specifically, cuttin’ and scratchin’, digital sampling, looping and (most recently) …
Marca Corporal, Derecho De Propiedad Intelectual (Derecho De Tatuajes), Rodolfo C. Rivas Rea Esq., Marco A. Vargas Esq.
Marca Corporal, Derecho De Propiedad Intelectual (Derecho De Tatuajes), Rodolfo C. Rivas Rea Esq., Marco A. Vargas Esq.
Rodolfo C. Rivas
The authors go back to the origins of tattoos and trace its way into mainstream pop culture. In doing so, they analyze the legal implications of tattoos relating to IP through various brief case studies.////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Los autores se remontan a los orígenes de los tatuajes y trazan su camino dentro de la cultura pop. Paralelamente, analizan las implicaciones jurídicas de los tatuajes a través de diversos casos.
Readers' Copyright, Jessica Litman
Readers' Copyright, Jessica Litman
Jessica Litman
This essay is part of a project intended to help reclaim copyright for readers, listeners, and viewers. A system of copyright protection makes little sense unless it is designed to encourage the use and enjoyment of the works it induces authors to create and publishers to disseminate. I argue that a clear-eyed examination of copyright's history reveals that solicitude for readers and members of the audience is, in fact, deeply encoded in copyright's DNA. Recently, readers' interests have faded in apparent importance in the copyright scheme in ways that have unbalanced the copyright system, and undermined public support for copyright …
The Story Of A Character: Establishing The Limits Of Independent Copyright Protection For Literary Characters, Samuel J. Coe
The Story Of A Character: Establishing The Limits Of Independent Copyright Protection For Literary Characters, Samuel J. Coe
Chicago-Kent Law Review
Copyright law provides writers with a way to protect their original works of authorship, but courts often disagree over the scope of this protection and how far it can be extended for the fictional characters appearing within literary works. Characters like Holden Caulfield and James Bond have become extremely valuable forms of intellectual property, but even for such iconic figures it can be difficult to separate the character from the story to determine where one work ends and the other begins. To address this issue, the Second Circuit follows the "distinctly delineated" test, which asks whether a character has been …
Protection Of Traditional Knowledge: Trade Barriers And The Public Domain, David R. Hansen
Protection Of Traditional Knowledge: Trade Barriers And The Public Domain, David R. Hansen
David R Hansen
Causing Infringement, Mark Bartholomew, Patrick F. Mcardle
Causing Infringement, Mark Bartholomew, Patrick F. Mcardle
Journal Articles
Recent appellate decisions reveal a chaotic contributory infringement doctrine that offers little direction to entrepreneurs trying to balance digital innovation with legal strictures. Aware of the problem, both the Supreme Court and legal scholars urge a modeling of contributory infringement on common law tort rules. But common law tort is an enormous subject. Without further instruction, the subject area is too vast and contradictory to offer a realistic template for reform. Even when the narrower body of tort law for secondary actors is consulted, there is still too much variation in the existing precedent to provide the necessary guidance. Instead …
El "Product Placement" En El Cine, Rodolfo C. Rivas Rea Esq., Marco A. Vargas Iñiguez Esq.
El "Product Placement" En El Cine, Rodolfo C. Rivas Rea Esq., Marco A. Vargas Iñiguez Esq.
Rodolfo C. Rivas
The authors discuss briefly the history of product placement in film citing several examples. Then, they analyze the current state of regulation and look forward at what lies ahead, as product placement has become ingrained in the entertainment industry.///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Los autores analizan de una forma breve la historia del emplazamiento de productos o product placement en el cine, utilizando varios ejemplos. Después se adentran en el estado actual de la regulación y miran hacia el futuro de la industria.
Pirates In The Family Room: How Performances From Abroad, To U.S. Consumers, Might Evade Copyright Law, Tom W. Bell
Pirates In The Family Room: How Performances From Abroad, To U.S. Consumers, Might Evade Copyright Law, Tom W. Bell
Tom W. Bell
What will international copyright law look like in ten years? It will doubtless offer many different facets and will, as at present, elude any comprehensive portrait. This brief paper thus focuses on just one plausible and interesting scenario: Parties overseas will come to offer unauthorized performances of copyrighted works to consumers in the United States, a practice that will rouse the ire of copyright holders but that the Copyright Act will do little to stop. Depending on where the transmitted performances take place, legally speaking, they might not qualify as infringing under the Act. Even if they do qualify as …
Heavy Metal Alloys: Unsigned Rock Bands And Joint Work, Michael S. Young
Heavy Metal Alloys: Unsigned Rock Bands And Joint Work, Michael S. Young
Chicago-Kent Law Review
This note uses humorous illustrations culled from the history of popular heavy metal music to facilitate examination of the effectiveness of joint authorship analysis by modern federal courts. The note carefully considers a variety of common contributions made by band members in the absence of any written or verbal agreement about authorship, and concludes (1) that a more equitable regime would do away with the requirement that a co-author make an "independently copyrightable" contribution, and (2) that courts must take greater care not to transform "will to control" into "intent to be a sole author."
Promoting Progress With Fair Use, Joshua N. Mitchell
Promoting Progress With Fair Use, Joshua N. Mitchell
Duke Law Journal
The Intellectual Property (IP) Clause provides that Congress has the power "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." In the realm of copyright, Congress and the courts have interpreted the clause as granting Congress a power not to promote progress but to establish limited IP monopolies. To return to an understanding of the IP power better grounded in the constitutional text, Congress and the courts should ensure that any IP enactment "promote[s] ... Progress" by considering whether it improves the …