Mapping the digital public domain: threats and opportunities. (Conference...

Law and Contemporary Problems;  January 1, 2003 ;   Samuelson, Pamela;   787 words ......ENVIRONMENT The public domain has been, for...discourse about the public domain focuses on one...recognized, the public domain consists, in fact...contents. (7) The public domain is, moreover...Sometimes the public domain grows, as when...protected by U.S. ...

Public but Private: Copyright's New Unpublished Public Domain

Texas Law Review;  February 1, 2007 ;   Reese, R Anthony;   787 words ......material into the public domain has received little...implications for copyright law and practice...implications of the new public domain of unpublished...the evolution of copyright law governing unpublished...precisely the term "public domain" includes or ...

'Copyfraud' and public domain works.(THE SIDEBAR)

Searcher;  January 1, 2008 ;   Ebbinghouse, Carol;   787 words ......PDF files of its public domain content. At least...original source for public domain works, because...of the work's public domain status. Here you...gives? Doesn't public domain status mean free...clearly in the public domain? Law school professor...claim ...

COLUMN: Corporations have misappropriated copyright law

University Wire;  January 31, 2006 ;   Jeremy Oehlert;   774 words ......instantly in the public domain and could be used...passage of the first copyright law by the British...said work to the public domain has proven to...The first U.S. copyright law allowed for protection...first term. Modern copyright law, however, is ...

In dispute over restoration of copyrights for foreign authors previously...

International Law Update;  May 1, 2005 ;     696 words ......not in the public domain in their own...entered the U.S. public domain due to non...compliance with U.S. copyright law. The defendants...not in the public domain in its source...is in the public domain in the United...United States copyright ...

Copyright Law // Public interest vs. private rights

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 21, 1998 ;   GAIL RUSSELL CHADDOCK;   787 words ......shift into the public domain could mean the...edge of the public domain, Congress extended...Under current copyright law, musical, dramatic...already in the public domain. But a theater...protecting its copyright industry," said...go into the public ...

Through the looking glass: Alice and the constitutional foundations of the...

Law and Contemporary Problems;  January 1, 2003 ;   Benkler, Yochai;   787 words ......to use--a judge enforcing copyright law. Randall is the author of...manner that is permitted under copyright law, such as under the fair use...encrypted materials are in the public domain--like Alice in Wonderland...framework. II GENERAL FRAMEWORK Copyright law is ...

Reimagining the public domain. (Conference on the Public Domain)

Law and Contemporary Problems;  January 1, 2003 ;   Lange, David M.;   787 words ......Law School's Conference on the Public Domain, James Boyle kindly credits...essay of mine, Recognizing the Public Domain, (1) with having contributed...of individual rights in the public domain.... Each [intellectual property...

Alvin's Personal 'Public Domain'

The Washington Post;  August 16, 2000 ;   Buzz McClain;   541 words ...A song said to be in the "public domain" means the ownership rights...royalties. Many songs in the public domain are so old and familiar that...comes around: His new record, "Public Domain: Songs From the Wild Land...

Lost Copyrights Fuel Spate of Series DVDs; No Royalties as Marketers Mine...

TelevisionWeek;  March 8, 2004 ;     787 words ......Instead, these shows have fallen into the public domain and are now available as a profit center...The Andy Griffith Show'' and other public domain material. Steve Scebelo, a licensing...said the packages will include both public domain and, he hopes, some licensed material...

ASEAN workshop on public domain information.(More to the Point)

Manila Bulletin;  December 6, 2006 ;     787 words ......divide, UNESCO sees the creative use of public domain information as a principal mechanism. Public domain information refers to publicly accessible...workshop on content development on public domain information will be held at the Mandarin...

Romans, roads, and romantic creators: traditions of public property in the...

Law and Contemporary Problems;  January 1, 2003 ;   Rose, Carol M.;   787 words ......have much the same attitude about the public domain that South Asian villagers once had...Like the jungle and its beasts, the public domain threatens to overrun them at every...possessions return to the wild of the public domain, where the savage creatures indiscriminately...

Ideas, artifacts, and facilities: information as a common-pool...

Law and Contemporary Problems;  January 1, 2003 ;   Hess, Charlotte Ostrom, Elinor;   787 words ......traditional knowledge, and the intellectual public domain. The Duke Law School Conference on the Public Domain brought together, for the first time...shared resources is not unique to the public domain of knowledge. Given the opening of...

SUPREME COURT TO HEAR COPYRIGHT LAW CHALLENGE

The Boston Globe;  February 20, 2002 ;   Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff;   710 words ......man's challenge to the federal copyright law is on its way to the US Supreme...been on the verge of losing copyright protection. Backed by a team...otherwise would have entered the public domain over the next decade. Jonathan...distort the original intent of copyright law. ...

COLUMN: Copyright controversies within the public domain

University Wire;  November 8, 2002 ;   Pat Payne;   605 words ......s a concept in this country called public domain. After a set period of time, copyright...running into a pack of lawyers. However, public domain is quickly becoming as fictional as...detective's adventures have fallen into public domain, as have the works of Shakespeare and...