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Current Copyright Legal Literature

About the “Current Copyright Legal Literature” website: The "Current Copyright Legal Literature" website is a resource for keeping informed of current articles related to U.S. copyright law. This service is edited by Casey Duncan, Head of research services at the Tarlton Law Library. Law Library staff reviews law journals and law reviews (and a great many other legal periodicals) as they are received in the library. We examine the table of contents of all of these publications and identify any article concerning U.S. copyright law. We then input the basic bibliographic information about each article into this database, and scan the first page of the article. The availability of the first page of the article should better enable readers to know if they are interested in reading the whole article. Articles will be added two to three times a week, depending on the volume of cites. This page is RSS-enabled. Subscribe to the RSS feed using a feed reader, or RSS-enabled browser (Firefox, Safari, or IE 7) to receive automatic notices of updates. The RSS feed address is http://tarlton.webhost.utexas.edu/copyright/rss.cfm. The Library provides this service under the “fair use” provision of U.S. copyright law. Only the first page of an article will be scanned, and images will be deleted after 60 days. This service is for non-commercial, educational purposes only. If you have any comments about this service, please contact reference librarian Casey Duncan, .

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Articles are listed in reverse chronological order:

November 19, 2009

Author: Reuven Ashtar Title: Theft, Transformation, and the Need of the Immaterial: A Proposal for a Fair Use Digital Sampling Regime Citation: 19 Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 261(2009) Author: Allison MacDonald Title: COMMENT, YouTubing Down the Stream of Commerce: Eliminating the Express Aiming Requirement for Personal Jurisdiction in User-Generated Internet Content Cases Citation: 19 Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 519 (2009) Author: Jeremy de Beer and Christopher D. Clemmer Title: Global Trends in Online Copyright Enforcement: A Non-Neutral Role for Network Intermediaries? Citation: 49 Jurimetrics 375 (2009)

October 27, 2009

Author: Timothy Ayer Title: CASENOTE, Protecting the Little Guy: Greenberg v. National Geographic Society, 533 F.3d 1244 (11th Cir. 2008), and Sec. 201(c) of the Copyright Act Citation: 28 Temple Journal of Science, Technology and Environmental Law 153 (2009) Author: Anita B. Frohlich Title: Copyright Infringement in the Internet Age - Primetime for Harmonized Conflict-of-Laws Rules? Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 851 (2009) Author: Thomas Plotkin and Tarae Howell Title: "Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair:" Have Insurers Loosened the Chokepoint of Copyright and Permitted Fair Use's Breathing Space in Documentary Films? Citation: 15 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 407 (2009) Author: Mohammad Amin Naser Title: Computer Software: Copyrights v. Patents Citation: 8 Loyola Law and Technology Annual 37 (2009)

October 21, 2009

Author: Randal C. Picker Title: The Google Book Search Settlement: A New Orphan-Works Monopoly? Citation: 5 Journal of Competition Law and Economics 383 (2009) Author: Jerry A. Hausman and J. Gregory Sidak Title: Google and the Proper Antitrust Scrutiny of Orphan Books Citation: 5 Journal of Competition Law and Economics 411 (2009) Author: David A. McGill Title: New Year, New Catch-22: Why the RIAA's Proposed Partnership with ISPs Will Not Significantly Decrease the Prevalance of P2P Music File Sharing Citation: 29 Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review 353 (2009) Author: Nakimuli Davis Title: Reselling Digital Music: Is There a Digital First Sale Doctrine? Citation: 29 Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review 363 (2009) Author: James M. Tilly Title: NOTE, Perfect 10 v. Visa: The Future of Contributory Copyright Infringement Citation: 61 Oklahoma Law Review 865 (2008) Author: Jake Phillips Title: COMMENT, Australia's Heritage Protection Act: An Alternative to Copyright in the Struggle to Protect Communal Interests in Authored Works of Folklore Citation: 18 Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal 547 (2009)

October 16, 2009

Author: Jamie Gregorian Title: NOTE, Grokster, BitTorrent, Copyright Infringement, and Inducement: How Modus Operandi Can Provide a Functional Standard for Future File-Sharing Cases Citation: 10 Texas Review of Entertainment and Sports Law 145 (2009) Author: Joel C. Boehm Title: NOTE, Copyright Reform for the Digital Era: Protecting the Future of Recorded Music through Compulsory Licensing and Proper Judicial Analysis Citation: 10 Texas Review of Entertainment and Sports Law 169 (2009) Author: Trudy S. Martin Title: Vicarious and Contributory Liability for Internet Host Providers: Combating Copyright Infringement in the United States, Russia, and China Citation: 27 Wisconsin International Law Journal 363 (2009)

October 9, 2009

Author: Vivian I. Kim Title: NOTE, The Public Performance Right in the Digital Age: Cartoon Network LP v. CSC Holdings Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 263 (2009) Author: Hersh R. Reddy Title: NOTE, Jaobsen v. Katzer: The Federal Circuit Weighs in on the Enforceability of Free and Open Source Software Licenses Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 299 (2009) Author: Adam R. Blankenheimer Title: NOTE, Of Rights and Men: The Re-Alienability of Termination of Transfer Rigths in Penguin Group v. Steinbeck Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 321 (2009) Author: Michael Todd Mobley Title: NOTE, Davis v. Bilge: The Second Circuit's Rejection of Retroactive Copyright Licenses Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 341 (2009) Author: Michael S. Sawyer Title: NOTE, Filters, Fair Use, & Feedback: User-Generated Content Principles and the DMCA Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 363 (2009) Author: Jake Phillips Title: NOTE, eBay's Effect on Copyright Injunctions: When Property Rules Give Way to Liability Rules Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 405 (2009) Author: Alyssa N. Knutson Title: NOTE, Proceed with Caution: How Digital Archives Have Been Left in the Dark Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 437 (2009)

September 24, 2009

Author: Gary Pulsinelli Title: Harry Potter and the (Re)Order of the Artists: Are We Muggles or Goblins? Citation: 87 Oregon Law Review 1101 (2008) Author: Adam J. Cohen Title: COMMENT, Circumventing Fair Use: How the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Restricts Fair Use adn What to Do About It Citation: 87 Oregon Law Review 1293 (2008)

September 23, 2009

Author: Abraham Drassinower Title: From Distribution to Dialogue: Remarks on the Concept of Balance in Copyright Law Citation: 34 The Journal of Corporation Law 991 (2009) Author: Laura A. Heymann Title: A Tale of (At Least) Two Authors: Focusing Copyright Law on Process Over Product Citation: 34 The Journal of Corporation Law 1009 (2009) Author: R. Anthony Reese Title: Photographs of Public Domain Paintings: How, If at All, Should We Protect Them? Citation: 34 The Journal of Corporation Law 1033 (2009) Author: Sara K. Stadler Title: Relevant Markets for Copyrighted Works Citation: 34 The Journal of Corporation Law 1059 (2009)

September 10, 2009

Author: Aaron Ross Powell Title: NOTE, Creators, Consumers, and Distributors: Understanding the Moral Structure of Digital Copyright Citation: 5 I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society 383 (2009) Author: Emmanuel Mensah Darkey and Harry Akussah Title: Academic Libraries and Copyright Issues in Ghana: The University of Ghana in Focus Citation: 36 International Journal of Legal Information 432 (2009) Author: Robert S. Rogoyski and Kenneth Basin Title: The Bloody Case that Started from a Parody: American Intellectual Property Policy and the Pursuit of Democratic Ideals in Modern China Citation: 16 UCLA Entertainment Law Review 237 (2009) Author: Michael Coblenz Title: Not for Entertainment Only: Fair Use and Fiction as Social Commentary Citation: 16 UCLA Entertainment Law Review 265 (2009) Author: Daniel E. Wanat Title: Copyright Law: Infringement of Musical Works and the Appropriateness of Summary Judgment Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 56(C) Citation: 39 University of Memphis Law Review 1037 (2009)

August 21, 2009

Author: Hiram Melendez-Juarbe Title: DRM Interoperability Citation: 15 Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law 181 (2009) Author: Sunny Noh Title: Better Late Than Never: The Legal Theoretical Reasons Supporting the Performance Rights Act of 2009 Citation: 6 Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal 83 (2009) Author: Ryan Christopher Locke Title: NOTE, Resetting the Doomsday Clock: Is it Constitutional for Laches to Bar Copyright Infringement Claims Within the Statute of Limitations? Citation: 6 Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal 183 (2009)

August 17, 2009

Author: Ann Bartow Title: Copyright Law and Pornography: Reconsidering Incentives to Create and Distribute Pornography Citation: 39 University of Baltimore Law Forum 75 (2009) Author: Amanda Albrecht Earl Title: CASE NOTE, Copyright Infringement and Open Source Public Licenses: Jacobsen v. Katzer, 535 F.3d 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2008) Citation: 77 University of Cincinnati Law Review 1605 (2009)

August 13, 2009

Author: Sharon E. Foster Title: Invitation to a Discourse Regarding the History, Philosophy and Social Psychology of a Property Right in Copyright Citation: 21 Florida a Journal of International Law 171 (2009)

August 10, 2009

Author: Graeme W. Austin Title: The Concept of "Justiciablity" in Foreign Copyright Infringement Cases Citation: 40 International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 393 (2009)

July 30, 2009

Author: Edward Lee Title: Decoding the DMCA Safe Harbors Citation: 32 Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts 233 (2009) Author: Christopher Sprigman Title: Copyright and the Rule of Reason Citation: 7 Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law 317 (2009) Author: Dana P. Jozefczyk Title: NOTE, The Poison Fruit: Has Apple Finally Sewn the Seed of Its Own Destruction? Citation: 7 Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law 369 (2009) Author: Jessica Litman Title: LECTURE, The Copyright Revision Act of 2026 Citation: 13 Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review 249 Author: Mary Jane Saunders Title: SPEECH, Three Cases: A Practitioner's Life in Copyright Citation: 13 Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review 451 (2009) Author: Blake Covington Norvell Title: The Modern First Amendment and Copyright Law Citation: 18 Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 547 (2009) Author: John P. Conley and Christopher S. Yoo Title: Nonrivalry and Price Discrimination in Copyright Economics Citation: 157 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1801 (2009) Author: Ben Depoorter Title: Technology and Uncertainty: The Shaping Effect on Copyright Law Citation: 157 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1831 (2009) Author: Steve A. Hetcher Title: Using Social Norms to Regulate Fan Fiction and Remix Culture Citation: 157 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1869 (2009)

July 24, 2009

Author: Jordon Christopher Redman Title: DEVELOPMENT, MDY Industries, L.L.C. v Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.L Software "Contracts" That Expand Copyrights Have Gone Too Far Citation: 49 Jurimetrics 317 (2009)

July 15, 2009

Author: Edward Choi Title: COMMENT, With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Korea's Role in the War Against Online Piracy Citation: 10 San Diego International Law Journal 555 (2009)

July 10, 2009

Author: Jared S. Welsh Title: COMMENT, Pay What You Like - No, Really: Why Copyright Law Should Make Digital Music Free for Noncommercial Uses Citation: 58 Emory Law Journal 1495 (2009) Author: J. Corey Asay Title: Patching the Loophole: How Copyright Can Help Solve § 271(f)'s Patently Obvious Problem with Computer Software Citation: 17 University of Baltimore Intellectual Property Law Journal 1 (2008) Author: Patrick K. Thornton Title: The Limits of Fair Use Doctrine: The Family Guy KO's Carol Burnett in a Battle of Cultural Icons Citation: 17 University of Baltimore Intellectual Property Law Journal 79 (2008) Author: Aaron K. Perzanowski Title: Rethinking Anticircumvention's Interoperability Policy Citation: 42 U.C. Davis Law Review 1549 (2009)

July 8, 2009

Author: Susanna Monseau Title: "Fit for Purpose": Why the European Union Should Not Extend the Term of Related Rights Protection in Europe Citation: 19 Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal 629 (2009) Author: Brenda Reddix-Smalls Title: Individual Liberties and Intellectual Property Protection - Proprietary Software in Digital Electronic Voting Machines: The Clash Between a Private Right and a Public Good in an Oligopolistic Market Citation: 19 Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal 689 (2009) Author: Christopher Reid Title: NOTES, Fair Game: The Application of Fair Use Doctrine to Machinima Citation: 19 Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal 831 (2009) Author: Meg Reid Title: CASENOTE, Harry Potter and the Copyright Act: Have the Courts Finally Waved a Magic Wand by Defining Fair Use for Secondary Authors Citation: 16 Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal 291 (2009) Author: Maureen Steimer Title: CASENOTE, Restoring the Balance: Bringing Back Consumer Rights in UMG Recordings v. Augusto by Reaffirming the First Sale Doctrine in Copyright Law Citation: 16 Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal 313 (2009)

July 6, 2009

Author: Kristen Osenga Title: Information May Want to Be Free, but Information Products Do Not: Protecting and Facilitating Transactions in Information Products Citation: 30 Cardozo Law Review 2099 (2009) Author: John T. Holland Title: NOTE, Making Money Instead of Excuses: A Market-Based Alternative to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that Protects Copyrights Without Diminishing Expression Citation: 7 Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy 279 (2009) Author: Kevin Zeck Title: COMMENT, Referential Fair Use and Keyword Advertising: The Necessity of Product Placement to Our Domestic System of Free-Market Enterprise Citation: 44 Gonzaga Law Review 519 (2009) Author: L. Ray Patterson and Stanley F. Birch, Jr. Title: BOOK, A Unified Theory of Copyright Citation: 46 Houston Law Review 215 (2009) Author: Phong Dinh Title: RECENT DEVELOPMENT, Click Here to Share! The Impact of the Veoh Litigations on Viacom v. YouTube Citation: 10 North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology 447 (2009)

July 2, 2009

Author: Daniel Gervais Title: The Tangled Web of UGC: Making Copyright Sense of User-Generated Content Citation: 11 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law 841 (2009) Author: Debora Halbert Title: Mass Culture and the Culture of the Masses: A Manifesto for User-Generated Rights Citation: 11 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law 921 (2009) Author: Steven A. Hetcher Title: Hume's Penguin, or, Yochai Benklet and the Nature of Peer Production Citation: 11 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law 963 (2009) Author: Mary W.S. Wong Title: "Transformative" User-Generated Content in Copyright Law: Infringing Derivative Works or Fair Use? Citation: 11 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law 1075 (2009) Author: Tanya M. Woods Title: Working Towards Spontaneous Copyright Licensing: A Simple Solution for a Complex Problem Citation: 11 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law 1141 (2009)

July 1, 2009

Author: Benjamin W. Cheesbro Title: NOTE, A Pirate's Treasure?: Heightened Pleadings Standards for Copyright Infringement Complaints After Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly Citation: 16 Journal of Intellectual Property Law 241 (2009) Author: John Eric Seay Title: NOTE, "Hang 'Em High": Will the Recording Industry Association of America's New Plan to Posse Up With Internet Service Providers in the Fight Against Online Music Piracy Finally Tame the Wild Internet? Citation: 16 Journal of Intellectual Property Law 269 (2009) Author: Emily Kathryn Tyler Title: NOTE, Infringicus Maximus! An Exploration of Motion Picture Title Protection in an International Film Industry Through the Legal Battles of Harry Potter Citation: 16 Journal of Intellectual Property Law 323 (2009) Author: Vartan J. Saravia Title: COMMENT, Shades of Gray: The Internet Market of Copyrighted Goods and a Call for the Expansion of the First-Sale Doctrine Citation: 15 Southwestern Journal of International Law 383 (2009) Author: Aaron Schwabach Title: The Harry Potter Lexicon and the World of Fandom: Fan Fiction, Outsider Works, and Copyright Citation: 70 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 387 (2009) Author: Shyamkrishna Balganesh Title: REVIEW, Debunking Blackstonian Copyright Citation: 118 Yale Law Journal 1126 (2009)

June 23, 2009

Author: Lindsey M. Shinn Title: NOTE, Passwords and Keys Under the DMCA: A Call for Clarification from the Courts or Congress Citation: 60 Hastings Law Journal 1173 (2009) Author: Lateef Mtima Title: Whom the Gods Would Destroy: Why Congress Prioritized Copyright Protection Over Internet Privacy in Passing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Citation: 61 Rutgers Law Review 627 (2009) Author: Edward Lee Title: Guns and Speech Technologies: How the Right to Bear Arms Affects Copyright Regulations of Speech Technologies Citation: 17 The William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal 1037 (2009)

June 22, 2009

Author: Margit Livingston Title: Inspiration or Imitation: Copyright Protection for Stage Directions Citation: 50 Boston College Law Review 427 (2009) Author: Carrie Claiborne Title: SURVEY, Golan v. Gonzales and the Changing Balance Between the First Amendment, Copyright Protection, and the Rest of the World Citation: 86 Denver University Law Review 1113 (2009) Author: Krystal Joy Gallagher Title: NOTE, Golan v. Gonzales: An Opportunity to Reexamine the Relationship Between First Amendment Rights and Copyright Protection Citation: 9 Nevada Law Review 453 (2009) Author: Laurie Richter Title: Reproductive Freedom: Striking a Fair Balance Between Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Protections in Cartoon Characters Citation: 21 St. Thomas Law Review 441 (2009)

June 16, 2009

Author: Daniel Bilsky Title: From Parts Unknown: WWE v. Jim Hellwig in the Ultimate Battle for Character Copyright Citation: 19 Marquette Sports Law Review 419 (2009)

June 15, 2009

Author: William Henslee Title: You Can't Always Get What You Want, But If You Try Sometimes You Can Steal It and Call It Fair Use: A Proposal to Abolish the Fair Use Defense for Music Citation: 8 Catholic University Law Review 663 (2009) Author: Maureen McCrann Title: NOTE, A Modest Proposal: Granting Presumptive Fair Use Protection for Musical Parodies Citation: 14 Roger Williams University Law Review 96 (2009) Author: Joseph B. Baker Title: NOTE, Contracting to Supplement Fair Use Doctrine Citation: 39 University of Memphis Law Review 757 (2009)

June 11, 2009

Author: Steven S. Kan Title: The Efficient Boundary of Inventorship and Authorship Citation: 19 DePaul Journal of Art, Technology and Intellectual Property Law 235 (2009) Author: Steven S. Kan Title: Court Standards of Joint Inventorship and Authorship Citation: 19 DePaul Journal of Art, Technology and Intellectual Property Law 267 (2009) Author: Jesse Harman Title: NOTE, Drawing a Line Between Direct and Contributory Copyright Infringement: The Second Circuit's Take on a Copying Service Provider's Direct Liability in Cartoon Network v. CSC Holdings Citation: 19 DePaul Journal of Art, Technology and Intellectual Property Law 397 (2009) Author: Deborah Azar Title: A Method to Protect Computer Programs: The Integration of Copyright, Trade Secrets, and Anticircumvention Measures Citation: 2008 Utah Law Review 1395 (2009)

June 8, 2009

Author: Darren Hudson Hick Title: Finding a Foundation: Copyright and the Creative Act Citation: 17 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 363 (2009)

June 3, 2009

Author: Jeffrey Malkan Title: Rule-Based Expression in Copyright Law Citation: 57 Buffalo Law Review 433 (2009) Author: Jamie Lund Title: Copyright Genericide Citation: 42 Creighton Law Review 131 (2009)

May 29, 2009

Author: Keith Harris Title: NOTE, For Promotional Use Only: Is the Resale of a Promotional CD Protected by the Frist Sale Doctrine? Citation: 30 Cardozo Law Review 1745 (2009) Author: Tomasz Rychlicki, Adam Zielinski, and Grzegorz 'DJ Twister' Czerkasow Title: Sampling and Scratching in US Copyright and Polish Law: A Comparative Analysis Citation: 4 Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 353 (2009) Author: Nada Alnajafi Title: Protecting the Past in the Future: How Copyright Is Wrong for Egypt and Why Other Sui Generis Laws May Help Protect the Pyramids and Other Cultural Antiquities Citation: 56 Journal of the Copyright Society 243 (2009) Author: Stephanie Berg Title: Remedying the Statutory Damages Remedy for Secondary Copyright Infringement Liability: Balancing Copyright and Innovation in the Digital Age Citation: 56 Journal of the Copyright Society 265 (2009) Author: Robert Brauneis Title: Copyright and the World's Most Popular Song Citation: 56 Journal of the Copyright Society 335 (2009) Author: Charles Cronin Title: Genius in a Bottle: Perfume, Copyright, and Human Perception Citation: 56 Journal of the Copyright Society 427 (2009) Author: Darren Hudson Hick Title: Mystery and Misdirection: Some Problems of Fair Use and Users' Rights Citation: 56 Journal of the Copyright Society 485 (2009) Author: Joseph E. McNamara Title: Modifying the Design Piracy Prohibition Act to Offer "Opt-Out" Protection for Fashion Designs Citation: 56 Journal of the Copyright Society 505 (2009) Author: Nicholas R. Monlux Title: An Invitation for Infringement: How the Ninth Circuit's Extrinsic and Intrinsic Similarity Tests Encourage Infringement: An Analysis Using Reece v. Island Treasures Art Gallery Citation: 56 Journal of the Copyright Society 543 (2009) Author: M.A. Naser and W.H. Muhaisen Title: Intellectual Property: An Islamic Perspective Citation: 56 Journal of the Copyright Society 571 (2009) Author: Miquel Peguera Title: When the Cached Link Is the Weakest Link: Search Engine Caches Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Citation: 56 Journal of the Copyright Society 589 (2009) Author: Adam Walker Title: Thumbnails, Search Engines, and Copyrights: A Whole Mess of Confusion Citation: 56 Journal of the Copyright Society 647 (2009) Author: Yong Wan Title: Legal Protection of Performers' Rights in the Chinese Copyright Law Citation: 56 Journal of the Copyright Society 669 (2009) Author: Zhiwen Liang Title: Beyond the Copyright Act: The Fair Use Doctrine Under Chinese Judicial Opinions Citation: 56 Journal of the Copyright Society 695 (2009)

May 27, 2009

Author: Matthew J. Weldon Title: Publishing Raymond Carver's "Original" Stories as "Fair Use" Citation: 7 Cardozo Public Law, Policy, and Ethics Journal Author: Andres Guadamuz-Gonzalez Title: The License/Contract Dichotomy in Open Licenses: A Comparative Analysis Citation: 30 University of La Verne Law Review 296 (2009) Author: Edward L. Carter Title: Harmonization of Copyright Law in Response to Technological Change: Lessons from Europe About Fair Use and Free Expression Citation: 30 University of La Verne Law Review 312 (2009) Author: Lynn M. Forsythe & Deborah J. Kemp Title: Creative Commons: For the Common Good> Citation: 30 University of La Verne Law Review 346 (2009)