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Fixing Copyright in Three Impossible Steps: Review of How to Fix Copyright by William Patry
Journal Articles
  • Mark McKenna, University of Notre Dame
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Publication Information
39 J.C. & U.L. 715 (2013) (book review)
Abstract

This review of William Patry’s How to Fix Copyright highlights three of Patry's themes. First is Patry’s insistence that copyright policy be based on real-world evidence, a suggestion that should be uncontroversial but instead runs headlong into the near-religious commitments of copyright stakeholders. Second is Patry’s emphasis on the difference between the interests of creators, on the one hand, and owners of copyright interests, on the other. Third, and finally, is Patry’s focus on the copyright system’s strong tendency to entrench business models and resist change, particularly in the face of new technology.

Citation Information
Mark McKenna. "Fixing Copyright in Three Impossible Steps: Review of How to Fix Copyright by William Patry" (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark_p_mckenna/11/