Copyright Unbalanced: From Incentive to Excess

by Tim Lee, Patrick Ruffini, Christina Mulligan, et al.

Restoring the Balance between Protection and Innovation The Constitution gives Congress the power to establish copyright "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts." This requires Congress to engage in a delicate balancing act, giving authors enough protection that they will be motivated to create expressive works, but not so much that it hampers innovation and public access to information. Yet over the past half-century Congress has routinely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0983607753
• ISBN13: 9780983607755
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Mercatus Center at George Mason University
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"