The Corruption of Copyright and Returning It to Its Original Purposes

Q4 Social Sciences

Legal Reference Services Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI:10.1080/0270319x.2021.1966238

Michelle M. Wu

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Abstract

Abstract Since its inception, Copyright has had two purposes: the private interest of the author in being paid for her work and the public interest served by the dissemination of these works. Within the last two decades, though, some industries have systematically undermined both of those interests, redirecting the benefits of copyright towards themselves instead of the intended beneficiaries. This paper looks at the book, music, and entertainment industries, examines how copyright has been used to suppress the uses it was intended to foster, and explores ongoing and proposed avenues for course correction

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版权的腐败与回归原初

自诞生以来，版权就有两个目的:一是作者因其作品获得报酬而获得的私人利益，二是作品的传播服务于公众利益。然而，在过去的二十年里，一些行业系统地破坏了这两种利益，将版权的好处转向了他们自己，而不是原定的受益者。本文着眼于图书、音乐和娱乐行业，研究了版权是如何被用来抑制其意图促进的用途的，并探讨了正在进行的和拟议的路线纠正途径

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Legal Reference Services Quarterly Social Sciences-Law

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