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Copyright Law And Electronic Access To Information, Jessica D. Litman
Copyright Law And Electronic Access To Information, Jessica D. Litman
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At the same time as we have been discovering the Internet’s enormous potential to enhance access to information and revolutionize the ways libraries do business, the Internet’s high profile in popular media has made it the focus of a wide spectrum of fears about the future. This paper focuses on pending proposals to amend copyright law to enhance the control copyright owners wield over the appearance of their works on digital networks. These proposals would stifle libraries’ use of the Internet. Libraries and their supporters must participate in the copyright debate, and think creatively about new models for copyright. The …
The Quest For Enabling Metaphors For Law And Lawyering In The Information Agae, Pamela Samuelson
The Quest For Enabling Metaphors For Law And Lawyering In The Information Agae, Pamela Samuelson
Michigan Law Review
A Review of James Boyle, Shamans, Software, and Spleens: Law and the Construction of the Information Society and M. Ethan Katsh, Law in a Digital World
Computer Media For The Legal Profession, Eugene Volokh
Computer Media For The Legal Profession, Eugene Volokh
Michigan Law Review
A Review of communication media.
International Law And The Information Age, John K. Gamble
International Law And The Information Age, John K. Gamble
Michigan Journal of International Law
The subject of this article is problematic because of the paucity of other work addressing the topic and its amorphous and technical nature. The author shall argue that the information age will affect almost all aspects of how international law is made and studied, everything from theory to sources to research to teaching. Rather than limiting the article to one or two aspects of the changes brought by the information age, the author offers a tour d'horizon. This risks superficiality, but is consonant with the goal of stimulating discussion about issues that are important to the future of international …