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Intellectual Property In E-Commerce Retail Arbitrage: An Analysis Of The Legality Of Using Intellectual Property In Drop-Shipping, Kara J. Bloomer
Intellectual Property In E-Commerce Retail Arbitrage: An Analysis Of The Legality Of Using Intellectual Property In Drop-Shipping, Kara J. Bloomer
BYU Law Review
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Copyright’S Memory Hole, Eric Goldman, Jessica Silbey
Copyright’S Memory Hole, Eric Goldman, Jessica Silbey
BYU Law Review
There is growing interest in using copyright to protect the privacy and reputation of people depicted in copyrighted works. This pressure is driven by heightened concerns about privacy and reputation on the Internet, plus copyright’s plaintiff-favorable attributes compared to traditional privacy and reputation torts.
The Constitution authorizes copyright law because its exclusive rights benefit society by increasing our knowledge. But copyright law is being misdeployed by suppressing socially valuable works in a counterproductive attempt to advance privacy and reputation interests. This results in “memory holes” in society’s knowledge, analogous to those discussed in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984.
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