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Conversation With Lee Bollinger - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
Conversation With Lee Bollinger - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
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First, Lee Bollinger (and others) seem to feel that the misappropriation "urge" makes sense when seen against a background where most things one creates DO get property treatment. Lee therefore says it's my burden as a writer to explain why this area is different--both to succeed in making a case clear, AND to create barriers between this area and others. Essentially, he argues, people will be afraid that less-than-complete property here will erode property elsewhere.
Conversation With Whit Gray - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
Conversation With Whit Gray - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
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Whit Gray argued that even for things most of us would feel comfy saying AREN'T property, like the "idea" of shopping malls, we wouldn't feel so comfy with copying if the blueprints for the idea were copied prior to the time they became public. He argues also, that something more than "privacy" is at issue in our anger at visualizing such an intrusive prepublication copying.
High Technology, The Human Image, And Constitutional Value, Patrick L. Baude
High Technology, The Human Image, And Constitutional Value, Patrick L. Baude
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Copyright And The Moral Right: Is An American Marriage Possible?, Roberta R. Kwall
Copyright And The Moral Right: Is An American Marriage Possible?, Roberta R. Kwall
Vanderbilt Law Review
The 1976 Copyright Act (the 1976 Act) embodies the most extensive reforms in the history of our nation's copyright laws. One proposed reform that is noticeably absent from the statutory scheme, however, is the explicit adoption of protections for the personal rights of creators with respect to their works. Instead,the 1976 Act continues this country's tradition of safeguarding only the pecuniary rights of a copyright owner. By assuring the copyright owner the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the original work, to prepare derivative works, and to perform and display publicly certain types of copyrighted works, the 1976 Act focuses …