Mapping the Digital Public Domain: Threats and Opportunities
| Title: | Mapping the Digital Public Domain: Threats and Opportunities (ID: CSD2887) | | Author(s): | Pamela Samuelson | | Topics: | Copyright Term Extension Act, Cybersquatting, DMCA, Federal Copyright Law, Piracy, Public Domain, UCITA | | Origin: | Community Contributions (2003) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | In this article, the author discusses a "map" of the public domain, and provides an in-depth examination of threats to it in the digital environment e.g., the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, the Collections of Information Anti-Piracy Act, the Copyright Term Extension Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act), and discusses ways to foster the "digital commons." | | View this resource: | |
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