Vol. 131 No. 7 What is a musical work? Philosophers debate it, but for judges the answer has long been simple: music means melody. Though few recognize it...
Vol. 131 No. 1 Since 1870, copyright protection has been available for “works of the fine arts.” Through the Copyright Act of 1976 (the Act), Congress expanded the...
Vol. 130 No. 2 For over three decades, a paramount goal of U.S. trade policy has been to ensure robust protection of intellectual property (IP) rights across national...
Vol. 128 No. 5 Joseph P. Fishman’s Creating Around Copyright advances a provocative thesis: some restrictions on creativity can spur the development of additional creative solutions, and (some...
Vol. 128 No. 5 I. Introduction In his article Creating Around Copyright, Joseph Fishman advances the provocative and significant thesis that the constraints imposed by copyright law exclusivity...