Intellectual Property Law
: Tech Law AdvisorCultural v. Commercial Uses
By Kevin Heller (all)
Cory Doctorow: "Copyright law should distinguish between commercial and cultural uses" (2008)
Professor L. Ray Patterson: "The competitor uses the copyright; the consumer uses the work. The copyright owner, by reason of the Copyright Act and the copyright clause, has not only no right to interfere, but a duty not to interfere with the consumer's use of a publicly disseminated work." (Free Speech, Copyright, and Fair Use 1987)
Full post as published by Tech Law Advisor on January 29, 2008 (boomark / email).
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