BY JAN L. JACOBOWITZ & DANIELLE SINGER — [W]e contend that social media in this day and age cannot be ignored. It is now a critical part of presidential politics, it has been part of revolutions in the Middle East, and it is going to be an unavoidable part of high-profile legal cases, just as […]
BY MICHAEL W. CARROLL — Has the time come to substantially revise the Copyright Act to better adapt the law to the ever-evolving digital environment? A number of influential sources appear to think so. If their initiatives gain momentum, it will be important to consider lessons learned from the first such effort fifteen years ago […]
BY JAMES D. LAMM, CHRISTINA L. KUNZ, DAMIEN A. RIEHL & PETER JOHN RADEMACHER — The digital world is a popular place these days. In its fourth quarter of 2012, Facebook reported 618 million daily users. In fiscal year 2012, Google reported 235 million active users across its properties (e.g., Gmail and YouTube); Activision Blizzard […]
BY HONORABLE EDWARD J. DAMICH — The Copyright Act of 1976 was a marvelous achievement. It clarified, redesigned, and updated copyright law and brought it into the era of the photocopier, the tape recorder, and cable TV. Over twenty years in the making, the Copyright Act’s singular misfortune was the timing of its completion, which […]
BY RAMSI A. WOODCOCK — When the price of a good is too high, consumers who can afford to pay cost, including enough profit to make production worth the manufacturer’s while, but cannot pay enough to meet the high price, are forced to do without. Economics teaches that efficiency would increase if price were to […]
