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The Dead Poets Society: The Copyright Term And The Public Domain, Matthew Rimmer
The Dead Poets Society: The Copyright Term And The Public Domain, Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer
In a victory for corporate control of cultural heritage, the Supreme Court of the United States has rejected a constitutional challenge to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act 1998 (U.S.) by a majority of seven to two. This paper evaluates the litigation in terms of policy debate in a number of discourses - history, intellectual property law, constitutional law and freedom of speech, cultural heritage, economics and competition policy, and international trade. It argues that the extension of the copyright term will inhibit the dissemination of cultural works through the use of new technologies - such as Eric Eldred's …
Latvia: The Economy, Steven R. Morrison
A Two-Dimensional Framework For Analyzing Property Rights Regimes, Shi-Ling Hsu
A Two-Dimensional Framework For Analyzing Property Rights Regimes, Shi-Ling Hsu
Shi-Ling Hsu
This article proposes an integrative framework wherein all property regimes can be expressed as a function of two fundamental characteristics: (i) whether the dominant right is a use right or an exclusion right (or some degree thereof), and (ii) the size of the party jointly holding the dominant right. This article will show how all property regimes can be characterized by these two variables. By analyzing property regimes in such a framework, property regimes can be related to each other, and conditions can be identified under which the regimes function best. I introduce four fundamental property regimes: the Individual Use, …