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Copyright’S Twilight Zone: Digital Copyright Lessons From The Vampire Blogosphere, Jacqueline D. Lipton
Copyright’S Twilight Zone: Digital Copyright Lessons From The Vampire Blogosphere, Jacqueline D. Lipton
Articles
Web 2.0 technologies, characterized by user-generated content, raise new challenges for copyright law. Online interactions involving reproductions of copyrighted works in blogs, online fan fiction, and online social networks do not comfortably fit existing copyright paradigms. It is unclear whether participants in Web 2.0 forums are creating derivative works, making legitimate fair uses of copyright works, or engaging in acts of digital copyright piracy and plagiarism. As online conduct becomes more interactive, copyright laws are less effective in creating clear signals about proscribed conduct. This article examines the application of copyright law to Web 2.0 technologies. It suggests that social …
Digital Rights Management, Fair Use, And Privacy: Problems For Copyright Enforcement Through Technology, Eric A. Robinson
Digital Rights Management, Fair Use, And Privacy: Problems For Copyright Enforcement Through Technology, Eric A. Robinson
Other Topics
This article discusses the nature of Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems with regard to the problems they pose to traditional exceptions to copyright restrictions. Problems of fair use and the copying of material for preservation are examined in the context of the architecture of digital rights management systems, and the limitations of current DRM systems in accommodating these policies are examined. The monitoring of usage by the licensing modules of these systems is also criticized for its lack of protection of user privacy and the potential chilling of intellectual freedom. Various potential solutions to these are briefly surveyed with a …
Untold Stories In South Africa: Creative Consequences Of The Rights-Clearing Culture For Documentary Filmmakers, Peter Jaszi, Sean Flynn
Untold Stories In South Africa: Creative Consequences Of The Rights-Clearing Culture For Documentary Filmmakers, Peter Jaszi, Sean Flynn
Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series
This report summarizes research on the perceptions of South African documentary filmmakers about copyright clearance requirements and the effect of such requirements on their work. This work was performed in the context of a larger project exploring how lessons learned from “best practices” projects with documentary filmmakers in the U.S. can help their counterparts in other countries identify and overcome barriers to effective filmmaking posed by escalating
copyright clearance requirements.
Everything Is Transformative: Fair Use And Reader Response, Laura A. Heymann
Everything Is Transformative: Fair Use And Reader Response, Laura A. Heymann
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Second Draft Of The Public's Right To Fair Use - 2007, Wendy J. Gordon
Second Draft Of The Public's Right To Fair Use - 2007, Wendy J. Gordon
Scholarship Chronologically
Under provocative titles like "fared use" and "the end of friction," commentators argue about whether or not the doctrine of "fair use" should exist in a world of instantaneous transactions. As collecting societies like the Copyright Clearance Center become more powerful, and technologies like the internet have made it possible to purchase digital copies by clicking a mouse, the suggestion is sometimes made that fair use could or should disappear. Courts like the Second and Sixth Circuits have flirted with foreclosing fair use if a licensing market is present or possible. The presence of 'traditional, reasonable, or likely to be …
Draft Of The Public's Right To Fair Use - 2007, Wendy J. Gordon
Draft Of The Public's Right To Fair Use - 2007, Wendy J. Gordon
Scholarship Chronologically
Under provocative titles like "fared use" and "the end of friction," commentators argue about whether or not the doctrine of "fair use" should exist in a world of instantaneous transactions. As collecting societies like the Copyright Clearance Center become more powerful, and technologies like the internet have made it possible to purchase digital copies by clicking a mouse, the suggestion is sometimes made that fair use could or should disappear. Courts like the Second and Sixth Circuits have flirted with foreclosing fair use if a licensing market is present or possible. The presence of 'traditional, reasonable, or likely to be …
Payment In Credit: Copyright Law And Subcultural Creativity, Rebecca Tushnet
Payment In Credit: Copyright Law And Subcultural Creativity, Rebecca Tushnet
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Copyright lawyers talk and write a lot about the uncertainties of fair use and the deterrent effects of a clearance culture on publishers, teachers, filmmakers, and the like, but we know less about the choices people make about copyright on a daily basis, especially when they are not at work. Thus, this article examines one subcultural group that engages in a variety of practices, from pure copying and distribution of others' works to creation of new stories, art, and audiovisual works: the media-fan community. Fans justify their unauthorized derivative works as legitimate, no matter what formal copyright law says, with …
Pretty Woman Meets The Man Who Wears The Star: Fair Use After Campbell V. Acuff-Rose Music And American Geophysical Union V. Texaco, Anne E. Forkner, James S. Heller, Patrick F. Speice Jr.
Pretty Woman Meets The Man Who Wears The Star: Fair Use After Campbell V. Acuff-Rose Music And American Geophysical Union V. Texaco, Anne E. Forkner, James S. Heller, Patrick F. Speice Jr.
Library Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
The Trademark/Copyright Divide, Laura A. Heymann
The Trademark/Copyright Divide, Laura A. Heymann
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Opting Out: Procedural Fair Use, Michael Mattioli
Opting Out: Procedural Fair Use, Michael Mattioli
Articles by Maurer Faculty
This article explores the advantages of opt-out plans, and identifies a critical shortcoming in Copyright's doctrine of Fair Use. The discussion is fueled by a current controversy: In December of 2004, Google, Inc. announced its plan to digitally scan thousands of copyrighted books as part of a massive new digital indexing service. Hedging against possible litigation, Google provided a free and easy opt-out procedure for authors who didn't want their books scanned. Despite this measure, two major authors' groups have sued Google, claiming the opt-out plan imposes an unfair burden. This article explores the fairness of established opt-outs in contract …
The Public's Right To Fair Use: Amending Section 107 To Avoid The 'Fared Use' Fallacy, Wendy J. Gordon, Daniel Bahls
The Public's Right To Fair Use: Amending Section 107 To Avoid The 'Fared Use' Fallacy, Wendy J. Gordon, Daniel Bahls
Faculty Scholarship
Under provocative titles like "Fared Use"1 and "The End of Friction,"2 commentators argue about whether or not the copyright doctrine of fair use3 should exist in a world of instantaneous transactions. As collecting societies such as the Copyright Clearance Center have become more powerful, and technologies like cellular phones and the internet have made it possible to purchase digital copies by dialing a number or clicking a mouse, the suggestion is sometimes made that fair use could or should disappear. The Second and Sixth Circuits have flirted with foreclosing fair use if a licensing market is present …
Old Lyrics, Knock-Off Videos, And Copycat Comic Books: The Fourth Fair Use Factor In U.S. Copyright Law, Gregory M. Duhl
Old Lyrics, Knock-Off Videos, And Copycat Comic Books: The Fourth Fair Use Factor In U.S. Copyright Law, Gregory M. Duhl
Faculty Scholarship
This article examines the fourth fair use factor in copyright law in cases in which the unlicensed use benefits, or has no effect on, the copyright holder's market. It proposes a two-part framework for these cases. If the unlicensed use is transformative or public, and the use does not harm the copyright holder's market, the copyright holder's economic expectancy is protected, and the user should not have to pay damages, analogous to the law of eminent domain. In cases in which the unlicensed use is private, the court should protect the rights of the copyright holder with damages, even if …
Consumers & Creative Destruction: Fair Use Beyond Market Failure, Raymond Shih Ray Ku
Consumers & Creative Destruction: Fair Use Beyond Market Failure, Raymond Shih Ray Ku
Faculty Publications
For almost twenty years, the concept of market failure has defined the boundaries of fair use under copyright law. In this article Professor Ku challenges this interpretation of fair use by offering an alternative economic interpretation of the doctrine. This Article argues fair use is justified when consumer copying creatively destroys the need for copy- right's exclusive rights in reproduction and distribution. This occurs when: 1) the consumer of a work makes copies of it, and 2) creation of the work does not depend upon funding derived from the sale of copies. Under these circumstances, exclusive rights in reproduction and …
Digital Information, Licensing, And The Threat To Fair Use, James S. Heller
Digital Information, Licensing, And The Threat To Fair Use, James S. Heller
Library Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Where Have You Gone, Fair Use: Document Delivery In The For-Profit Sector, James S. Heller
Where Have You Gone, Fair Use: Document Delivery In The For-Profit Sector, James S. Heller
Library Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Folsom V. Marsh And Its Legacy, L. Ray Patterson
Folsom V. Marsh And Its Legacy, L. Ray Patterson
Scholarly Works
The fair use doctrine has become so important in American copyright law that it is somewhat surprising to learn that the case credited with creating it, Folsom v. Marsh, was so poorly reasoned that it may be entitled to first place in the category of bad copyright decisions. The case was a bill in equity for copyright piracy, the style of which comes from plaintiff, Folsom, Wells and Thurston, printers and publishers, and defendants, Marsh, Capen and Lyon, booksellers.
If one of the characteristics of a bad legal decision is that it gives rise to a myth as to what …
Regents Guide To Understanding Copyright And Educational Fair Use, L. Ray Patterson
Regents Guide To Understanding Copyright And Educational Fair Use, L. Ray Patterson
Scholarly Works
The Regents Guide to Copyright and Educational Fair Use, adopted by the Regents of the University System of Georgia, is the most comprehensive statement on copyright and educational fair use ever adopted by a major university system. The purpose of this comment is to provide a brief background for readers and users of the document.
The Regents Copyright Committee, appointed by Dr. James Muyskens, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University System of Georgia, continues in existence and has eight members, who represent a cross-section of the university community, and include administrators (two of whom are lawyers), faculty (two of …
An Analysis Of The Personal Use Principle Under Copyright Law, Hsin-Chih Cheng
An Analysis Of The Personal Use Principle Under Copyright Law, Hsin-Chih Cheng
LLM Theses and Essays
Personal use is when an individual uses a copyrighted work for private purposes, such as learning or entertainment. Personal use is a right given in the Copyright Clause of the U.S. Constitution, however, an issue arises when the individual wants to make a copy of the copyrighted work. New technologies like photocopying and videotaping make this issue more prominent today. Some copyright owners think that the individual’s copying for private use is harmful to their potential market and they argue for compensation. Does the individual have the right under the personal use principle to reproduce the copyrighted work for private …
Brief Amicus Curiae Of Eleven Copyright Law Professors In Princeton University Press V. Michigan Document Services, Inc., L. Ray Patterson
Brief Amicus Curiae Of Eleven Copyright Law Professors In Princeton University Press V. Michigan Document Services, Inc., L. Ray Patterson
Scholarly Works
The issue dealt with in this amici curiae brief is the judicial ability (or inability) to take away rights granted by Congress in 17 U.S.C. S 107, the fair use doctrine.
On June 9, 1994, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, issued an opinion in Princeton University Press v. Michigan Document Services, Inc., granting several publishers a permanent injunction prohibiting a commercial copying service from photocopying excerpts from copyrighted works chosen by professors and compiled as course packets to be used by university students in class. The court held that such photocopying was …
Section 1: Moot Court: Campbell V. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
Section 1: Moot Court: Campbell V. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
Supreme Court Preview
No abstract provided.
Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. V. Nation Enterprises, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. V. Nation Enterprises, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.