The seventh edition of Understanding Copyright is a major revision of this classic student
treatise. In addition to including the latest case law developments, this edition incorporates …

At the moment that" incentives" for creation meet" preferences" for the same, the economic
account of copyright loses its explanatory power. This piece explores the ways in which the …

Copyright law has become very complicated. Every few years, it seems, Congress enacts
another amendment to the copyright law, and each new amendment seems more …

The music industry is in crisis. Infringement is rampant, with little sign of abating. 2 Despite
lawsuits against peer-to-peer file sharing systems, 3 new systems arise faster than old ones …

This Article argues that the procedural justice-that is, fairness of process-plays a critical and
largely unexamined role in legal negotiation, encouraging the acceptance of and adherence …

For over a century and with increasing frequency, major controversies have erupted
between large distributors of copyrighted works (song publishers, movie studios, record …

Photographs proliferate in today's culture, which now produces more than a trillion
photographs each year. 1 Smartphones feature cameras, allowing users to take and share …

For all of the rhetoric about the central place of authors in the copyright scheme, our
copyright laws in fact give them little power and less money. Intermediaries own the …

In the world's developing countries, foreign investment in natural resources brings into
contact competing interests that are often characterised by unequal balances of negotiating …

The primary economic and cultural significance of copyright today comes from works and
rights that weren't contemplated by the Framers of the Constitution's Copyright Clause …