Re: to the point/Latin mutteri

>To: Laura Gasaway <unclng[_at_]email.unc.edu>
>From: MLEMLEY[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu (Mark Lemley)
>Subject: Re: to the point/Latin mutteri
>
>> In response to your querry about substituting the right of
>>attribution for copyright on the net, I do not think it solves all of the
>>problems. For example, what about re-use rights? Do authors really just
>>want attribution or do they want to be asked for permission to make
>>multiple copies of their works for classroom use or for distribution at
>>conferences and the like?
>> Lolly Gasaway, Dir. of the Law Library & Prof. of Law
>>Univ. North Carolina
>>

Good questions. This is one reason I limited by suggestion (which I am not endorsing, by the way) to distribution *on the net.* It may be that authors do care about republication on the net, but my suspicion is that (at least right now) they care a lot less in this environment than they do about physical reproduction, possibly because the net today is not terribly commercial.

Of course, it is also relevant to ask whether authors *should* be able to control re-use. Section 109 seems a little schizophrenic on this issue . . .

Mark Lemley
Assistant Professor
University of Texas School of Law
mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu Received on Mon Dec 05 1994 - 23:13:07 GMT