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2012

Chicago-Kent College of Law

Internet Law

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Digital Originality, Edward Lee Jan 2012

Digital Originality, Edward Lee

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This Article examines the doctrine of originality in U.S. copyright law and proposes a reconfigured, three-part test that can better analyze issues of first impression involving works created with new digital technologies. The proposed test, encapsulated by the concept of digital originality, provides much needed guidance to courts to address the increasing complexities of digital creations in the twenty-first century.


The Internet At 20: Evolution Of A Constitution For Cyberspace, Henry H. Perritt Jr. Jan 2012

The Internet At 20: Evolution Of A Constitution For Cyberspace, Henry H. Perritt Jr.

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This Article looks back over the Internet’s first twenty years, highlighting the crucial legal decisions by the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that have led to the Internet’s success, and which now frame its constitution. I participated in many of these decisions and wrote more than a dozen law review articles and reports suggesting directions for public policy and law. This Article uses this foundation to consider the future, focusing on major legal controversies, the resolution of which will define the Internet’s third decade—either strengthening or undermining its constitution.