Copyright and Copy-Reliant Technology

Name: Copyright and Copy-Reliant Technology
Cite: SSRN
Year: 2008
Bluebook cite: Matthew J. Sag,Copyright and Copy-Reliant Technology, SSRN(August 25, 2008) (available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1257086).
Author: Matthew J. Sag
URL: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1257086
Item Type: article
Summary: This article examines copy-reliant technology and whether rights are infringed by the copying, but a non-expressive use of the copy; and how transaction costs of the automatic and indiscriminate copying play into the traditional copyright framework. The author also analyzes the opt-out mechaisms employed by copy-reliant technology and how they square with fair use and cost-efficiency from an author's perspective.

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