Why Mickey Mouse is Not Subject to Congestion: A Letter on 'Eldred and Fair Use'

In Eldred and Fair Use, Posner comments that awarding a monopoly over Mickey Mouse avoids the congestion problem that occurs with open access highways. Is the public domain a commons like an open access highway? No, it is not.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Boldrin, Michele ; Levine, David K
Published in:	The Economists' Voice. - De Gruyter, ISSN 1553-3832, ZDB-ID 2162320-X. - Vol. 1.2004, 2
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Subject:	Intellectual Property \| Copyright \| Patents \| innovation

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	research-article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.2202/1553-3832.1010 [DOI]
Source:	Other ZBW resources

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