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Extending Copyright Protection To Combat Free-Riding By Digital News Aggregators And Online Search Engines, Nancy J. Whitmore
Extending Copyright Protection To Combat Free-Riding By Digital News Aggregators And Online Search Engines, Nancy J. Whitmore
Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology
No abstract provided.
Saving The Next Superman: An Alternative Approach To The Taxation Of Copyright Termination Rights, Benjamin Newell
Saving The Next Superman: An Alternative Approach To The Taxation Of Copyright Termination Rights, Benjamin Newell
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
No abstract provided.
Gray Works: How The Failure Of Copyright Law To Keep Pace With Technological Advancement In The Digital Age Has Created A Class Of Works Whose Protection Is Uncertain… And What Can Be Done About It, Kenneth R.L. Parker
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
No abstract provided.
Fighting Piracy With Censorship: The Operation In Our Sites Domain Seizures V. Free Speech, Michael Joseph Harrell
Fighting Piracy With Censorship: The Operation In Our Sites Domain Seizures V. Free Speech, Michael Joseph Harrell
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
No abstract provided.
Diametrically Opposing Viewpoints: Why Polar Opposites Should Not Attract The Parody Label Under The Fair Use Exception To Copyright Infringement, Robyn M. Flegal
Diametrically Opposing Viewpoints: Why Polar Opposites Should Not Attract The Parody Label Under The Fair Use Exception To Copyright Infringement, Robyn M. Flegal
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
No abstract provided.
Why Copyright Law Lacks Taste And Scents, Leon Calleja
Why Copyright Law Lacks Taste And Scents, Leon Calleja
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
No abstract provided.
Authorship, Attribution, And Audience, Laura A. Heymann
Authorship, Attribution, And Audience, Laura A. Heymann
Popular Media
No abstract provided.
Touching And Concerning Copyright: Real Property Reasoning In Mdy Industries, Inc. V. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc, Molly Shaffer Van Houweling
Touching And Concerning Copyright: Real Property Reasoning In Mdy Industries, Inc. V. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc, Molly Shaffer Van Houweling
Molly Van Houweling
No abstract provided.
To Speak, Perchance To Have A Dream: The Malicious Author And Orator Estate As A Critique Of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act's Subversion Of The First Amendment In The Era Of Notice And Takedown, Michael Bradford Patterson
To Speak, Perchance To Have A Dream: The Malicious Author And Orator Estate As A Critique Of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act's Subversion Of The First Amendment In The Era Of Notice And Takedown, Michael Bradford Patterson
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
No abstract provided.
Unauthorized Digital Sampling In The Changing Music Landscape, Ryan Lloyd
Unauthorized Digital Sampling In The Changing Music Landscape, Ryan Lloyd
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
No abstract provided.
The Enforcement Challenges For Tattoo Copyrights, Yolanda M. King
The Enforcement Challenges For Tattoo Copyrights, Yolanda M. King
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
No abstract provided.
Copyright As Contract, Jeffrey L. Harrison
Copyright As Contract, Jeffrey L. Harrison
Jeffrey L Harrison
Copyright is essentially a contract between the author and the public with the government acting as the agent of the public. The consideration received by authors is defined by duration and breadth of exclusivity. The consideration for the public is the creation of a "work" that will be available on a limited basis for the life of the author plus 70 years and then available without limit after that. If there were no transaction costs at all, it would be possible to "pay" authors different amounts of exclusivity. Perhaps a greeting card would get one holiday season of exclusivity, if …
Section By Section Commentary On The Tpp Final Ip Chapter Published 5 November 2015 – Part 2 – Copyright, Kimberlee G. Weatherall
Section By Section Commentary On The Tpp Final Ip Chapter Published 5 November 2015 – Part 2 – Copyright, Kimberlee G. Weatherall
Kimberlee G Weatherall
This note comments on the TPP copyright provisions (final text). It also compares each provision to multilateral and bilateral treaties. The material here is necessarily preliminary and does not purport to be complete. It is published on the basis that it may assist others’ analysis and commentary
Copyright As Contract, Jeffrey L. Harrison
Copyright As Contract, Jeffrey L. Harrison
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
Copyright is essentially a contract between the author and the public with the government acting as the agent of the public. The consideration received by authors is defined by duration and breadth of exclusivity. The consideration for the public is the creation of a "work" that will be available on a limited basis for the life of the author plus 70 years and then available without limit after that. If there were no transaction costs at all, it would be possible to "pay" authors different amounts of exclusivity. Perhaps a greeting card would get one holiday season of exclusivity, if …
Copyright Update For The 2015 Nevada Bar Intellectual Property Law Conference, Marketa Trimble
Copyright Update For The 2015 Nevada Bar Intellectual Property Law Conference, Marketa Trimble
Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars
Professor Marketa Trimble presented these materials to the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Nevada Bar on October 23, 2015. Over the course of her presentation, Prof. Trimble covered significant legal developments and statistical trends in copyright law from the 2014-2015 period, both in the United States and abroad.
Copyright Policy And The Problem Of Generalizing, Eva E. Subotnik
Copyright Policy And The Problem Of Generalizing, Eva E. Subotnik
Faculty Publications
(Excerpt)
Today we have heard a variety of concerns expressed by professional authors, artists and performers. But one of the toughest aspects of determining how to make the copyright system work better is generalizing about what is and is not working. In these brief remarks, I would like to identify three areas that demonstrate this difficulty.
At the outset, a disclaimer: I took the animating theme of this Symposium to be the improvement of the financial stake of individual authors in some kind of direct way. This mode of analysis should be distinguished from other approaches, equally valid, that would …
Freedom Of Expression And Morality-Based Impediments To The Enforcement Of Intellectual Property Rights, Marc J. Randazza
Freedom Of Expression And Morality-Based Impediments To The Enforcement Of Intellectual Property Rights, Marc J. Randazza
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
If That’S The Way It Must Be, Okay: Campbell V. Acuff-Rose On Rewind, Thomas C. Irvin
If That’S The Way It Must Be, Okay: Campbell V. Acuff-Rose On Rewind, Thomas C. Irvin
Thomas C. Irvin
The 1994 Supreme Court case Campbell v. Acuff-Rose established broad protections for parody in U.S. copyright law. The decision has justifiably been hailed as a victory for free speech and artistic creativity. But while the case is well known, the facts behind the case are not. Those facts show that the case should have been decided differently by every court that heard it. In short, the case came out wrong—wonderfully wrong. This article is the first in-depth review of Campbell v. Acuff-Rose since the decision was handed down nearly 20 years ago, and is the first to examine the musical …
The Effects Of The Fair Use Doctrine On Text-Book Publishing And Copying; Part Ii, Roger Billings
The Effects Of The Fair Use Doctrine On Text-Book Publishing And Copying; Part Ii, Roger Billings
Akron Law Review
Although not expressly authorized by law, it has, through custom, become regarded as a fair use for scholars to make handwritten copies of copyrighted materials needed for research. The basis for allowing hand-copying is that it is such a slow, tedious method of reproduction that scholars usually choose to purchase the complete work rather than to hand-copy excerpts from it. Consequently, hand-copying does not significantly reduce publishers' sales. However, this reasoning obviously cannot be applied to photocopying. As photocopying, a fast and convenient process, becomes cheaper than buying the book, when a professor desires to make a complete volume for …
The Effect Of The Fair Use Doctrine On Text-Book Publishing And Copying, Roger Billings
The Effect Of The Fair Use Doctrine On Text-Book Publishing And Copying, Roger Billings
Akron Law Review
Perhaps nowhere will photocopying be more beneficial than in the field of education. The question is, what effect will it have on publishing? Senator Quentin Burdick stated the basic problem when he said, ". . . [Y]ou have someone who spends years in perfecting a textbook, and all of a sudden it is used free of charge. Where does he sell textbooks?" The problem of unauthorized photocopying of textbooks is considered one of the more difficult ones encountered in the area of fair use, an area itself regarded as one of the most troublesome in the whole law of copyright. …
Copyright In Pantomime
Brian L. Frye
Why does the Copyright Act specifically provide for the protection of “pantomimes”? This article shows that the Copyright Act of 1976 amended the subject matter of copyright to include pantomimes simply in order to conform it to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. It further shows that the Berlin Act of 1909 amended the Berne Convention to provide for copyright protection of “les pantomimes” and “entertainments in dumb show” in order to ensure copyright protection of silent motion pictures. Unfortunately, the original purpose of providing copyright protection to “pantomimes” was forgotten. This Article argues that …
Literature’S Idea-Expression Distinction: Drawing A Line With Distinctive Elements Of Alternate Worlds, Joshua Jeng
Literature’S Idea-Expression Distinction: Drawing A Line With Distinctive Elements Of Alternate Worlds, Joshua Jeng
Joshua Jeng
The line between ideas and expressions in copyright law has never been particularly clear. We want to protect what authors create so that they are motivated to create more, but we want broad concepts to remain free so that others may produce even more works. The distinction concept and an author's take on a concept has always been very difficult to define, even among legal scholars, and has largely remained misunderstood by the average author. However, as derivative works increase in prevalence and economic importance, the need for workable framework for understanding copyright that the lay author can understand is …
The Protection Of Property Rights In Computer Software, Edward W. Rilee
The Protection Of Property Rights In Computer Software, Edward W. Rilee
Akron Law Review
During the last decade a number of attempts have been made by the courts in the realm of patent and copyright law to settle the issue of the protection of property rights in computer software. These traditional methods of protection, however, have not been able to assimilate this relatively new technological invention. Likewise, at the start of a new decade, little or no progress towards a comprehensive form of software protection can be detected. This paper will examine the problems associated with using federal patent or copyright law to provide computer software protection and discuss why state trade secret protection …
You Can't Always Get What You Want But Digital Sampling Can Get What You Need!, Ronald Mark Wells
You Can't Always Get What You Want But Digital Sampling Can Get What You Need!, Ronald Mark Wells
Akron Law Review
This comment will examine copyright law, its role in the popular music industry, and its relationship with digital sampling. To lay the groundwork, Part I will examine the function of copyright law as it relates to musical compositions. Part II will then peruse the area of sound recordings. Finally, Part III will take a critical look at digital sound sampling and its legitimacy in relation to present copyright law
Film Artists Bushwhacked By The Coloroids: One-Hundredth Congress To The Rescue?, Nicholas Swyrydenko
Film Artists Bushwhacked By The Coloroids: One-Hundredth Congress To The Rescue?, Nicholas Swyrydenko
Akron Law Review
The late, great film director, John Huston, in a videotaped speech prepared specially before his death for presentation at a Senate hearing on the issue of the colorization of black and white films, raged that he and other film artists, who had worked to produce such classic films as The Maltese Falcon, were being "bushwhacked by the coloroids," and he pleaded with Congress to step in to preserve that work.' This comment will trace the response of the One-Hundredth Congress to the pleas of John Huston and other film artists to preserve the original integrity of their films, and …
Copyright Infringement Of Musical Compositions: A Systematic Appproach, E. Scott Fruehwald
Copyright Infringement Of Musical Compositions: A Systematic Appproach, E. Scott Fruehwald
Akron Law Review
This article addresses the problems that courts face when dealing with copyright infringement of musical compositions. Infringement of music presents special problems for judges and juries because music is an intuitive art that is nonverbal and nonvisual. Consequently, traditional methods of establishing infringement are often unreliable when applied to music.
This paper will concentrate on the question of whether a composition that is similar to, but not the same as, another work infringes on the other work. I This inquiry is both qualitative and quantitative. First, one must establish that the first work employs material from the second work. Determining …
Eldred & The New Rationality, Brian L. Frye
Eldred & The New Rationality, Brian L. Frye
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Historically, the rational basis test has been a constitutional rubber stamp. In Eldred v. Ashcroft and Golan v. Holder, the Supreme Court applied the rational basis test and respectively held that Congress could extend the copyright term of existing works and restore copyright protection of public domain works, despite evidence that Congress intended to benefit copyright owners at the expense of the public. But in Lawrence v. Texas and United States v. Windsor, the Supreme Court seems to have applied the rational basis test and held that state and federal laws were unconstitutional because they were motivated by …
Copyright Tensions In A Digital Age, John D. Shuff, Geoffrey T. Holtz
Copyright Tensions In A Digital Age, John D. Shuff, Geoffrey T. Holtz
Akron Law Review
The rapid and exponential expansion of our ability to duplicate and disseminate information by digital means has rejuvenated inherent tensions in the law pertaining to copyright and has created some new ones. Not since the advent of radio in the early 1900s have such tensions come so squarely into focus. Even though courts are rarely, if ever, called upon to address certain of these tensions since the passage of the Copyright Act of 1976, they are being called upon to do so now
Copyright As Charity, Brian L. Frye
Copyright As Charity, Brian L. Frye
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Copyright and charity law are generally considered distinct and unrelated bodies of law. But they are actually quite similar and complement each other. Both copyright and charity law are intended to increase social welfare by solving market and government failures in public goods caused by free riding. Copyright solves market and government failures in works of authorship by providing an indirect subsidy to marginal authors, and charity law solves market and government failures in charitable goods by providing an indirect subsidy to marginal donors. Copyright and charity law complement each other by solving market and government failures in works of …
Second Level Agreements, Yafit Lev-Aretz
Second Level Agreements, Yafit Lev-Aretz
Akron Law Review
This Article analyzes in-depth a significant practice that has not been recognized in legal scholarship. Their unique structure and the way in which Second Level Agreements have developed within the relatively short time of their existence have important consequences for the various players in the copyright market...The Article also offers a normative assessment of the benefits and shortcomings of the Second Level Agreements practice...The Article then carefully looks at the future of Second Level Agreements while reviewing four potential catalysts—the shift towards premium content, the Viacom v. Google ruling, the move towards disintermediation, and the rise of noncommercial licensing system. …