Predicting Fair Use by Matthew Sag :: SSRN

abernard102@gmail.com 2012-06-18

Summary:

Use the link to access the full text article available from SSRN. The abstract states: “Fair use is often criticized as unpredictable and doctrinally incoherent - a conclusion which necessarily implies that the copyright system is fundamentally broken. This article confronts that critique by systematically assessing the predictability of fair use outcomes in litigation. Concentrating on characteristics of the contested use that would be apparent to litigants pre-trial, this study tests a number of doctrinal assumptions, claims and intuitions that have not, until now, been subject to empirical scrutiny. This article presents new empirical evidence for the significance of transformative use in determining the outcomes of fair use cases. It also substantially undermines conceptions of the doctrine that are hostile to fair use claims by commercial entities and that would restrict limit the application of fair use as a subsidy or a redistributive tool favoring the politically and economically disadvantaged. Based on the available evidence, the fair use doctrine is more rational and consistent than is commonly assumed.”

Link:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1769130

Updated:

08/16/2012, 06:08

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Tags:

oa.new oa.green oa.copyright oa.litigation oa.fair_use oa.studies oa.ssrn oa.law oa.repositories

Authors:

abernard

Date tagged:

06/18/2012, 20:58

Date published:

06/18/2012, 21:28