Google hopes to scan some of the largest library collections in the world and make them searchable online. This ambitious goal is intensely controversial. Some contend that “Google Book Search” could be a valuable research resource and boost book sales, while others believe it violates copyright laws. The...

A century from now, observers may well identify the last months of 2011 as the start of higher education’s Great Disruption.

Eldred economists neglect the elasticity of the supply of creative works in their analysis, focusing instead solely on the benefits received by authors.

Many of the critics of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and other legislation seeking to combat intellectual property violations on the Internet, say they are fighting efforts to “censor” the web. SOPA is many things, but if words still have meaning it cannot be fruitfully described as censorship.

Google's plan to digitize some of the world's largest library collections and make them searchable online has proven controversial.

This book addresses issues raised by the rapid growth of open source software, including government subsidies for research and development and patent and copyright policy.

This monograph seeks to explain the expansion of intellectual property law over the last half-century, focusing in particular on the rapid growth that began with the 1976 Copyright Act.