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West Virginia University

2009

Journal

Science and Technology Law

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Copyright Social Utility And Social Justice Interdependence: A Paradigm For Intellectual Property Empowerment And Digital Entrepreneurship, Lateef Mtima Sep 2009

Copyright Social Utility And Social Justice Interdependence: A Paradigm For Intellectual Property Empowerment And Digital Entrepreneurship, Lateef Mtima

West Virginia Law Review

While advances in digital information technology offer extraordinary possibilities for the exploration and exploitation of literary and artistic expres- sion, these advances also present unprecedented opportunities for intellectual property ("IP") empowerment and the achievement of singular milestones in copyright social justice. The ostensible conflict between copyright digital social utility and digital commoditization has engendered a reemphasis upon the social engineering obligations of the copyright law, and a search for copyright policies which will harmonize these corrivallous objectives. Doctrinal constructions of the copyright law which acknowledge the law's congenital social justice charac- teristics, however, can achieve this equilibrium. The revisualization of …


The Patent System's Relationship To Digital Entrepreneurship, Mark Chandler Sep 2009

The Patent System's Relationship To Digital Entrepreneurship, Mark Chandler

West Virginia Law Review

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