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Second Draft Of The Public's Right To Fair Use - 2007, Wendy J. Gordon Aug 2007

Second Draft Of The Public's Right To Fair Use - 2007, Wendy J. Gordon

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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 Aug 2007

Draft Of The Public's Right To Fair Use - 2007, Wendy J. Gordon

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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 Fair Use And Face-To-Face Bargaining - 2007, Wendy J. Gordon Jun 2007

Draft Of Fair Use And Face-To-Face Bargaining - 2007, Wendy J. Gordon

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Alex has a ten-year-old cassette of a favorite movie. Unfortunately, she does not have a video cassette player. She wants to copy the movie onto her iPod. To do this, she borrows a VCR from a friend, runs a cable to a video capture port on my computer, reformats the file into something the iPod can read, and sends the file to the iPod, which she will use to watch the movie in the future. After the file is securely on the iPod, she will delete all records of the movie from my computer. Destroy the original VHS copy seems …