What Belongs In Copyright?, Keynote Address, Joseph Liu
Oct 2015
What Belongs In Copyright?, Keynote Address, Joseph Liu
Joseph P. Liu
Keynote address at Columbia Law School conference, "Copyright Outside the Box," sponsored by the Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts.
Notice Failure, Fair Use, And The Limits Of Copyright As Property, Joseph Liu
Sep 2015
Notice Failure, Fair Use, And The Limits Of Copyright As Property, Joseph Liu
Joseph P. Liu
Presented paper examining the concept of notice failure as applied to copyright law's fair use doctrine.
The Next Great Copyright Acts: A Global Analysis Of Current Legislative And Industry Developments And Proposed Solutions For Our Modern Digital Environment, Joseph Liu
Oct 2013
The Next Great Copyright Acts: A Global Analysis Of Current Legislative And Industry Developments And Proposed Solutions For Our Modern Digital Environment, Joseph Liu
Joseph P. Liu
Presentation at the International Bar Association Annual Conference in 2013.
Isp Liability Under U.S. Copyright Law, Joseph Liu
Apr 2013
Isp Liability Under U.S. Copyright Law, Joseph Liu
Joseph P. Liu
Taught Foreign Copyright Law at Tsinghua University School of Law in Beijing China, and gave public lecture on ISP liability under U.S. Law.
Editor-In-Chief Of The Journal Of The Copyright Society Of The U.S.A. For 2011-15, Joseph Liu
Dec 2010
Editor-In-Chief Of The Journal Of The Copyright Society Of The U.S.A. For 2011-15, Joseph Liu
Joseph P. Liu
Appointed Editor-in-Chief of peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on copyright law.
Saving Journalism From Itself? Hot News, Copyright Fair Use And News Aggregation, Joseph Liu
Apr 2010
Saving Journalism From Itself? Hot News, Copyright Fair Use And News Aggregation, Joseph Liu
Joseph P. Liu
Served as a panelist at a conference at Harvard Law School on "Journalism's Digital Transition: Unique Legal Challenges and Opportunities," sponsored by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
The Mechanical License And The Origins Of Regulatory Copyright, Joseph Liu
Apr 2009
The Mechanical License And The Origins Of Regulatory Copyright, Joseph Liu
Joseph P. Liu
Analyzing the first compulsory license in U.S. copyright law, and arguing that it served as a template for a more "regulatory" approach to copyright law.
Two-Factor Fair Use?, Joseph Liu
Feb 2008
Two-Factor Fair Use?, Joseph Liu
Joseph P. Liu
This Article engages in a thought experiment. It asks whether fair use would be improved if courts gave exclusive consideration to only two of the four statutory factors: (1) the purpose and character of the use; and (2) the impact of the use on the market.6 In other words, fair use under this proposal would be converted from a contextual multi-factor test into a two-factor balancing test in which courts would expressly and directly weigh one consideration against another. The remaining two factors, i.e., the nature of the work and the amount used, would be eliminated from consideration or, alternatively, …
Consumer Protection: Inside Copyright Law Or Outside?, Joseph Liu
Mar 2007
Consumer Protection: Inside Copyright Law Or Outside?, Joseph Liu
Joseph P. Liu
Invited to participate on a panel discussing the impact of consumer protection on copyright law.
Copyright And Breathing Space, Joseph Liu
Oct 2006
Copyright And Breathing Space, Joseph Liu
Joseph P. Liu
According to the U.S. Supreme Court, copyright law’s fair use and idea/expression doctrines are “built-in free speech safeguards” that establish a “definitional balance” between copyright and the First Amendment. Yet these “built-in free speech safeguards” are among the most uncertain and ill-defined doctrines in all of copyright law. If we accept the Supreme Court’s statement that these doctrines play a critical role as First Amendment safety valves, it follows that the chilling effect of uncertainty in these doctrines has a constitutional dimension. Current copyright law doctrine, however, fails to take into account the potential chilling effect of copyright liability. This …
The Legal Framework Surrounding Digital Rights Management Technologies, Joseph Liu
Oct 2006
The Legal Framework Surrounding Digital Rights Management Technologies, Joseph Liu
Joseph P. Liu
Providing legal framework for digital rights management.
