Add to ORKGCopyright has been weaponized to suppress speech,1 frustrate competition,2 punish third parties,3 and silence criticism and erase facts.4 This Essay highlights one form of copyright weaponization I call “copyright silencing.” Copyright silencing is a form of copyright weaponization where owners assert copyrights to silence criticism or suppress facts instead of to protect copyright owners’ legitimate interests5 in their works. This Essay identifies recent or notable instances of copyright silencing, examines the harm copyright silencing perpetrates, and explains why it is increasingly difficult to stop the assertion of copyright to silence, suppress, and censor facts, information, and criticism
It has become fashionable, among some thinkers and activists in copyright and related fields, to dis...
Patrick Goold’s interesting new article, Unbundling the “Tort” of Copyright Infringement (“Unbundlin...
This Essay studies the effect of Eldred v. Ashcroft on the treatment of aggressive copyright claims....
Copyright has been weaponized to suppress speech,1 frustrate competition,2 punish third parties,3 an...
Copyright grants authors exclusive rights in their works in order to encourage creation and dissemin...
2010 marks the 300th anniversary of the Statute of Anne, the English legislation that ushered in the...
Over the last several years, copyrighted works have come to account for a healthy portion of our GNP...
This Essay does not attempt a comprehensive review of recent U.S. copyright legislation and caselaw....
In 1998, Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. This law provided new methods of prot...
This Article identifies and analyzes the growing problem of copyblight the use of overreaching cla...
Since file sharing emerged in the late 1990s, copyright infringement has been widespread and virtual...
This essay is part of a project intended to help reclaim copyright for readers, listeners, and viewe...
This paper explains how copyright laws being promoted by the USA are being used to prevent the dev...
We are at a crossroads with respect to the underdeveloped equitable defense of copyright misuse. The...
There is something for everyone to dislike about early twenty-first century copyright. Owners of con...
It has become fashionable, among some thinkers and activists in copyright and related fields, to dis...
Patrick Goold’s interesting new article, Unbundling the “Tort” of Copyright Infringement (“Unbundlin...
This Essay studies the effect of Eldred v. Ashcroft on the treatment of aggressive copyright claims....
Copyright has been weaponized to suppress speech,1 frustrate competition,2 punish third parties,3 an...
Copyright grants authors exclusive rights in their works in order to encourage creation and dissemin...
2010 marks the 300th anniversary of the Statute of Anne, the English legislation that ushered in the...
Over the last several years, copyrighted works have come to account for a healthy portion of our GNP...
This Essay does not attempt a comprehensive review of recent U.S. copyright legislation and caselaw....
In 1998, Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. This law provided new methods of prot...
This Article identifies and analyzes the growing problem of copyblight the use of overreaching cla...
Since file sharing emerged in the late 1990s, copyright infringement has been widespread and virtual...
This essay is part of a project intended to help reclaim copyright for readers, listeners, and viewe...
This paper explains how copyright laws being promoted by the USA are being used to prevent the dev...
We are at a crossroads with respect to the underdeveloped equitable defense of copyright misuse. The...
There is something for everyone to dislike about early twenty-first century copyright. Owners of con...
It has become fashionable, among some thinkers and activists in copyright and related fields, to dis...
Patrick Goold’s interesting new article, Unbundling the “Tort” of Copyright Infringement (“Unbundlin...
This Essay studies the effect of Eldred v. Ashcroft on the treatment of aggressive copyright claims....