Fixing Copyright
Laurence Garfield, Nathan Hampton, Jeromy Stark

Notes and Citations

  1. Webster's II New Riverside Dictionary. Berkley Books, 1984.
  2. Much of this discussion is based upon Laurence Garfield's essay "The Fallacy of Intellectual Property," which has been quoted liberally without attribution by permission of the author.
  3. The term "science" is understood to have been used by the Framers of the Constitution in a more general sense than the term enjoys in current usage. An appropriate definition is "learning or knowledge" according to Edward Walterschield (cited in 6).
  4. "Copyright Basics." Circular 1, U.S. Copyright Office. http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
  5. "United States Copyright Office: A Brief History and Overview." Circular 1a, U.S. Copyright Office. https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf
  6. Eldred v. Ashcroft, 537 U. S. 186 (2003) (Breyer, J., dissenting). Available at http://www.copyright.gov/pr/eldred.html
  7. People of the United States, We The. Constitution for the United States of America. 1787.
  8. "The Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998: U.S. Copyright Office Summary." http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf
  9. Lessig, Lawrence. "Fair Use Infrastructure." Harvard Law Journal, vol 15, page 50 (2001).
  10. 17 U.S. Code Sec. 107. 2004. See http://www.copyright.gov/title17/.
  11. 17 U.S. Code Sec. 109. 2004. See http://www.copyright.gov/title17/.
  12. 17 U.S. Code Sec. 117. 2004. See http://www.copyright.gov/title17/.
  13. Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U. S. 417,429 (1984)
  14. 17 U.S. Code Sec. 201. 2004. See http://www.copyright.gov/title17/.
  15. Straight Dope. "Did Bugs Bunny appear in a racist cartoon during World War II?" Staff Report, 05 February 2002. Referenced 26 February 2004. http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbannedbugs.html

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