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  Does copyright law need to be reformed?
Samuelson P. Communications of the ACM 50(10): 19-23, 2007.  Type: Article, Reviews: (2 of 2)

Pam Samuelson is a tireless and successful academic critic of copyright law, whose work is no doubt familiar to many members of the ACM. In this brief article, she outlines her next major copyright project: the creation of a model copy...
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Jan 17 2008  
  Does copyright law need to be reformed?
Samuelson P. Communications of the ACM 50(10): 19-23, 2007.  Type: Article, Reviews: (1 of 2)

Calls for legal reform frequently reflect the self interest of the commentator. Nevertheless, it is true that modern technology frequently runs ahead of the legal system’s ability to adequately address novel issues. Samuelson...
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Nov 9 2007  
  Copyrighting standards
Samuelson P. Communications of the ACM 49(6): 27-31, 2006.  Type: Article

Are standards, especially those mandated by government, eligible for copyright protection? No, states Samuelson after reviewing four federal court decisions. The US Supreme Court has not specifically addressed this issue. Banks v. M...
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Jun 26 2006  
  Did MGM really win the Grokster case?
Samuelson P. Communications of the ACM 48(10): 19-24, 2005.  Type: Article

In her column, Samuelson provides a good summary of the Supreme Court’s June 2005 ruling on MGM et al. vs. Grokster et al., and gives her views on the appropriateness and consequences of the decision. The very titl...
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Dec 15 2005  
  What’s at stake in MGM v. Grokster?
Samuelson P. Communications of the ACM 47(2): 15-20, 2004.  Type: Article

Does the multimedia-sharing logic of videocassette recorders (VCRs) apply fully to peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing? Does the Supreme Court’s logic in Sony/Betamax apply to MGM versus Grokster? In this article, Pamela Samuelso...
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Apr 14 2004  

 
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