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- Title
"Does That Sound Familiar?": Creators' Liability for Unconscious Copyright Infringement.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the liability of creators for unconscious copyright infringement or violation of intellectual property law. It describes the elements of a successful copyright infringement suit and identifies the elements that pertinent to the issue of unconscious copying. It discusses the two primary aims of copyright law, promoting creative expression and protecting creators' moral rights in their work. Furthermore, it provides the tools used to evaluate legal approaches to unconscious copying and examines three noteworthy cases to illustrate how courts approach the unconscious illegal acts.
- Subjects
COPYRIGHT infringement; PIRACY (Copyright); INTELLECTUAL property; INTANGIBLE property; INTERNATIONAL law; MORAL rights (Copyright); CREATIVE ability; LEGAL liability; CRIMINAL liability
- Publication
Vanderbilt Law Review, 2008, Vol 61, Issue 6, p1903
- ISSN
0042-2533
- Publication type
Article