THE PROPOSED COPYRIGHT in the Digital Single Market Directive (COM(2016)593) of July 2016 would introduce a new intellectual property right for publishers of press publications, or ‘PIP’. Publishers would have the exclusive right to authorize or prohibit any reproduction (in whole or in...

This article carefully peruses some pivotal theories around the concepts of 'expression' and its equivalent in copyright, patent and 'freedom of expression,' such as 'dichotomies' of the 'expression/idea,' 'aesthetics/utility,' 'invention/nature' and 'method/idea.' The finding is that the...

In this article, I consider whether copyright law’s idea/expression dichotomy and fair use doctrine adequately protect First Amendment interests, or whether there need to be additional First Amendment limits on copyright law