Sentences with phrase «economic purpose of copyright»

We now know that the economic purpose of copyright law is instrumentalist in

We now know that the economic purpose of copyright law is instrumentalist in nature, namely, to ensure the orderly production and distribution of, and access to, works of art and intellect.

Not exact matches

However, more than the 200 years later, the broad purpose of U.S. copyright law remains fundamentally the same; to provide the economic incentives for individual creativity to promote the public welfare.

Personality rights are not territorially limited economic rights, such as copyright, which are easily separable for the purposes of calculating damages.

But when the rationale for copyright protection is no longer utilitarian... when the economic incentive is absent... when the purpose of a pamphlet, help guide, research study, infographic, data set, website, etc. is so clearly to be shared widely, freely and liberally... then it's strange to have warnings that hoard copyright.