How to Fix Copyright
by William F. Patry · first published 2012
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In this work, the author argues that current copyright law is not effective in the digital age and must be revised to encourage creation of new works, increase learning, and enhance access to information. The arrival of the Internet was revolutionary, and one of the most tumultuous developments that flowed from it, the upending of the relatively settled world of copyright law, has forced us to completely rethink how rights to a work are allocated and how delivery formats affect an originator's claims to the work. Most of the disputes swirling around novel Internet media delivery systems, from
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…does a ton of business, even though you could get everything for free. So there are ways to survive in spite of rampant piracy. There are also ways to improve copyright law itself. William Patry's _How to Fix Copyright_ has some interesting ideas on that subject. But in the end, that means that the solution comes from redefining the problem: rather than ending piracy, one must find ways to succeed in spite of it.…
on “It Is Time To Stop Pretending To Endorse The Copyright Monopoly” ↗…Hollywood has predicted "DOOM!" for every new tech, including the copier & VCR. The best serious scholarly legal works are by a guy named William Patry. His books _Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars_ and _How to Fix Copyright_ are the two most relevant here, though it's quite a long read given that you have like 3 days. You may or may not know that name, but he wrote a huge series on copyright law (_Patry on Copyright_) that…
on “Alexis Ohanian and Dan Kaminsky will address Congress on Jan 18th” ↗William Patry, a famous copyright expert who worked for Google, actually put out an entire book of ideas about how to fix copyright not very long ago (it's even named "How to Fix Copyright"). I guess that not many people around here have noticed it though.
on “Public Domain Day” ↗…breakdown is provided. The extensive discussion of remedial, jurisdictional, choice of law, and international issues is unparalleled in other legal work. Patry wrote another book that I read called "How to Fix Copyright", and he dives into the sort of changes to copyright would help. They are summarized in the book description as: > The task of policymakers is to remake our copyright laws to fit our times: our copyright…
on “William Wordsworth's letter: "The Law of Copyright" (1838)” ↗…approach would be to fix copyright itself. William Patry (a famous lawyer & scholar of all things copyright) has a new book with some interesting thoughts on that: http://books.google.com/books/about/How_to_Fix_Copyright.htm... Like he says, "the proxy battle for control of technology and markets through copyright laws must stop."
on “A Real Alternative to SOPA, or Fixing the DMCA” ↗