evaluating the benefits of fair use in the digital economy

Evaluating the Benefits of Fair Use in the Digital Economy

Sean Flynn

sflynn@wcl.american.edu

WHATISFAIRUSE?

(3)Thecopyrightinaliteraryormusicalworkwhichislawfullyavailabletothepublicshallnotbeinfringedbyanyquota2ontherefrom,includinganyquota>onfromar>clesinnewspapersorperiodicalsthatareintheformofsummariesofanysuchwork:Providedthatthequota>onshallbecompa2blewithfairprac2ce,thattheextentthereofshallnotexceedtheextentjus>fiedbythepurposeandthatthesourceshallbemen>oned,aswellasthenameoftheauthorifitappearsonthework.-SouthAfrica,12(3)

(4)...apersonwhoisinlawfulpossessionofacomputerprogrammaydoanyofthefollowingactswithouttheauthoriza>onoftherightholderwherebycopiesarenecessaryfortheuseofthecomputerprograminaccordancewithitsintendedpurpose...or(d)foranypurposethatisnotprohibitedunderanylicenseoragreementwherebythepersonispermiGedtousetheprogram.Kenya-CopyrightAct2001Sec>on26,Art(4)

ISFAIRUSEGOODFORYOU?

Benefits L&Es DependentVariables

Theore2cal Empirical

TechnologicalInnova2on

Time/spaceshiRing,privateuse,non-commercialcopying,fairuse

Personalusedevices;Hightechinvestment;FirmandIndustrySta>s>cs

VonLohman Lerner;Carrier(survey);Handke(survey);Ghafele&Gilbert;Gilbert

Researchanddevelopment

Fairuse,educa>onalexcep>ons,quota>on,cri>cism&review,textanddatamining

Educa>onalaGainment;WorkforceProduc>vity;Follow-onscience;Dataminingresearchoutput

Lemley&Frischmann;Benkler

Moser;L.Guibault,C.Handke&J.-J.Vallbé

Freedomofexpressionandculturalflourishing

Transforma>veuse;fairuse;usergeneratedcontent

YouTubeuploads;culturalproduc>on

JasziandAufderheide

Aufderheide(survey);WIPOGlobalInnova>onIndex

Index Features Limita2ons

WIPOL&Esurveys Broadlistofcountries,finedetail

Sta>c(no>meseries),yes/noanswers,liGlecaselaw/interpreta>on

ConsumersInterna2onal

FocusedonL&Es Sta>c,mostlylimitedtoyes/noques>onsw/incategories

Gilbert Ranksw/inL&Es(1-3scale) “Flexibility”=“robust”;sta>c(2006),narrowgroupofhighincomecountries;nocaselaw

GIPC RankingsofcountriesonIPstrength

Sta>c,butsurveyupdatedeachyear;liGleL&Ecoverage;subjec>veandpoli>callyinspired

USERRIGHTSSURVEY

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ByMikePalmedo

sflynn@wcl.american.edu