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Considering Copyright Crimes, Roger J. Miner '56
Drawing The Boundary Between Copyright And Contract: Copyright Preemption Of Software License Terms, Maureen A. O'Rourke
Drawing The Boundary Between Copyright And Contract: Copyright Preemption Of Software License Terms, Maureen A. O'Rourke
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The Copyright Act of 19761 (the "Act") sought to clarify the boundary between federal and state enforcement of proprietary rights in works of authorship by specifically addressing federal preemption of state law causes of action in § 301 of the Act. Unfortunately, § 301 is not a model of clarity, and its legislative history is also cloudy. Consequently, the courts have had some difficulty in formulating consistent decisional guidelines in preemption cases. This difficulty has perhaps been most evident in cases in which the particular preemption issue is based not on a state statute but on state enforcement of private …
Copyright Inside The Law Library, David Vaver
Copyright Inside The Law Library, David Vaver
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