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Everything Is Transformative: Fair Use And Reader Response, Laura A. Heymann
Everything Is Transformative: Fair Use And Reader Response, Laura A. Heymann
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Warming Up To User-Generated Content, Edward Lee
Warming Up To User-Generated Content, Edward Lee
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The most significant copyright development of the twenty first century has not arisen through any law enacted by Congress or opinion rendered by the Supreme Court. Instead, it has come from the unorganized, informal practices of various, unrelated users of copyrighted works, many of whom probably know next to nothing about copyright law. In order to comprehend this paradox, one must look at what is popularly known as "Web 2.0," and the growth of user-generated content in blogs, wikis, podcasts, "mashup" videos, and social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. Although users often create new works of their own, sometimes …
Restricting Access To Books On The Internet: Some Unanticipated Effects Of Us Copyright Legislation, Paul A. David, Jared Rubin
Restricting Access To Books On The Internet: Some Unanticipated Effects Of Us Copyright Legislation, Paul A. David, Jared Rubin
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It is today a commonplace observation that the technical possibilities of accessing enormous global resources of cultural and scientific information have been and are continuing to be greatly [...] One manifestation of the trend towards the strengthening of copyright protection that has been noticeable during the past two decades is the secular extension of the potential duration during which access to copyrightable materials remains legally restricted. Those restrictions carry clear implications for the current and prospective costs to readers seeking 'on-line' availability of the affected content in digital form, via the Internet. This paper undertakes to quantify one aspect of …