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Aug. 22, 2015
Fees in copyright arrest its purpose
It is ironic that the current fee-shifting scheme under the Copyright Act emboldens infringers and frustrates the purpose of copyright law. By Stephen M. Doniger
In a 1988 congressional debate on the Berne Convention, Sen. Thad Cochran explained
that, "in our system, the copyright laws are intended to foster dissemination of diverse
ideas, and to facilitate conversion of those ideas into tangible form by providing
incentives and rewards for creators." Specifically, the Copyright Act encourages new
artistic expression by making s...
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