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Fixing Fair Use, Michael W. Carroll Nov 2006

Fixing Fair Use, Michael W. Carroll

Working Paper Series

The fair use doctrine in copyright law balances expressive freedoms by permitting one to use another’s copyrighted expression under certain circumstances. The doctrine’s extreme context-sensitivity renders it of little value to those who require reasonable ex ante certainty about the legality of a proposed use. In this Article, Professor Carroll advances a legislative proposal to create a Fair Use Board in the U.S. Copyright Office that would have power to declare a proposed use of another’s copyrighted work to be a fair use. Like a private letter ruling from the IRS or a “no action” letter from the SEC, a …


The Movement For Open Access Law, Michael W. Carroll Jun 2006

The Movement For Open Access Law, Michael W. Carroll

Working Paper Series

My claim in this contribution to this important symposium is that the law and legal scholarship should be freely available on the Internet, and copyright law and licensing should facilitate achievement of this goal. This claim reflects the combined aims of those who support the movement for open access law. This nascent movement is a natural extension of the well-developed movement for free access to primary legal materials and the equally well-developed open access movement, which seeks to make all scholarly journal articles freely available on the Internet. Legal scholars have only general familiarity with the first movement and very …


Taking De Minimis Out Of The Mix: The Sixth Circuit Threatens To Pull The Plug On Digital Sampling In Bridgeport Music, Inc. V. Dimension Films, Steven D. Kim Jan 2006

Taking De Minimis Out Of The Mix: The Sixth Circuit Threatens To Pull The Plug On Digital Sampling In Bridgeport Music, Inc. V. Dimension Films, Steven D. Kim

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

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The Digital Revolution Is Being Downloaded: Why And How The Copyright Act Must Change To Accommodate An Ever-Evolving Music Industry, Marcy Rauer Wagman, Rachel Ellen Kopp Jan 2006

The Digital Revolution Is Being Downloaded: Why And How The Copyright Act Must Change To Accommodate An Ever-Evolving Music Industry, Marcy Rauer Wagman, Rachel Ellen Kopp

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

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