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WIPIP Session 8 (copyright)

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Jessica Silbey, Section 102(b) and the Fact Exclusion Genealogy in U.S. These are two sides of the same coin: © protects only works of authors as a constitutional matter. Uses them to show what’s not protectable—no author may © ideas or facts. Looked at leg history and cases cited by Feist. Selden line. (2) Cites Henry George.

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WIPIP SESSION 9.B. — Copyrights

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YouTubers: distributor/author relationship is entirely different than old model, and not clear © is the driver. Jessica Silbey: Consider whether Tasini expansion of author rights led to more or less dis-integration. Failure to grant © would sanction the author 2x, in addition to the typical penalty for the crime committed.

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WIPIP Concurrent Session #3: Copyright Doctrine

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Rosen, Fog and Fiction and Copyright Term Extension aka Who Framed Mickey Mouse? Authors’ groups were proponents. Jessica Silbey, An Empirical Study of the Copyright De Minimus Defense How has it evolved? [I think this is in the P’s hands—if the expert says this is the copying, then that’s what we should be testing.]