Day April 18, 2016

Academic Response to PWC Report on Economics of Copyright Fair Use

Intellectual property scholars and researchers from prominent universities in the U.S., Canada and Australia have released a submission to the Australian Productivity Commission strongly criticizing a report by PriceWaterHouseCoopers (PWC) on the economics of fair use (PWC Report).” According to…

Rational Faith: The Utility of Fairness in Copyright

Author: Stephanie Plamondon Bair Abstract: The biggest debate in copyright law is also the most fundamental: for what purpose does copyright exist? There are two schools of thought about the appropriate answer to this key question. The first, dominant school…