Does the song remain the same? : an empirical study of bestselling musical compositions (1913-1932) and their use in cinema (1968-2007)
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: An influential group of commentators assert that the public suffers when valuable copyrighted works fall into the public domain.One concern is under-exploitation, the possibility that a work without an owner will not be adequately distributed or otherwise made available to the public.According to William Landes and Richard Posner, "[A]n absence of copyright protection for intangible works may lead to inefficiencies because . . . of impaired incentives to invest in maintaining and exploiting these works."'Congress, 2 the courts, 3 and
Author: Paul J. Heald
Language: English
Topic: Intellectual Property Law
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W34475071