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Restricting Fair Use To Save The News: A Proposed Change In Copyright Law To Bring More Profit To News Reporting, Ryan T. Holte
Restricting Fair Use To Save The News: A Proposed Change In Copyright Law To Bring More Profit To News Reporting, Ryan T. Holte
Prof. Ryan T. Holte
This article deals with the current state of the news industry and the rapidly declining number of national newspapers. It examines the present condition of the media, the effect the Internet has had on the news business, and the economic and public policies behind protecting news. The paper then discusses the current means of protecting information, through copyright and misappropriation law, before proposing a change in the Copyright Act to better allow the news industry to reap profits from top-caliber news reporting.
The Freedom To Imagine Fantasy Sports: Applying New Ideas In Copyright Law To Professional Athletes' Right Of Publicity, Ryan T. Holte
The Freedom To Imagine Fantasy Sports: Applying New Ideas In Copyright Law To Professional Athletes' Right Of Publicity, Ryan T. Holte
Prof. Ryan T. Holte
The paper deals with the creation and growth of online fantasy sports games which have resulted in a struggle between the First Amendment rights of sports fans and sports players' right of publicity. Fantasy sports websites state that they have a constitutional right to use players' names in their online programs which allow customers to build their own fantasy teams. Professional sports leagues argue that they, and the players, have spent great time and money in building the names and public images of professional athletes, and deserve to be compensated through state right of publicity laws. Currently courts are left …