The Future of Things: The Copyright Work as Legal Object
Un s茅minaire du CPPI avec le professeur Michael J. Madison, de l'脡cole de droit de l'Universit茅 de Pittsburgh.
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(Disponible en anglais seulement). This presentation explores the meanings and functions of the objects of intellectual property: the work of authorship (or copyright work) in copyright, the invention in patent, and the mark and the sign in trademark. It is usually argued that the central challenge in understanding the copyright work is to develop a sensible method for appreciating its boundaries, in the sense of its metaphorical "metes and bounds." The boundaries might be established by deferring to the intention of the author, or by constructing a sense of the work with reference to reader, viewer, or listener experience, or perhaps by mediating between those two poles.
The presentation re-considers the copyright work as a fundamental object of copyright. It rejects the premise that the purpose of interpreting the work is to properly understand its metes and bounds, either as a concept or as a token. The de-materialization of the work over the last century made that project deeply problematic from the beginning of modern copyright, and digital technology has made it even more difficult.
I argue instead that the idea of the work plays a central role in constructing expressive culture itself.
脌 propos du conf茅rencier
Michael J. Madison est professeur de droit et directeur du Innovation Practice Institute 脿 l'脡cole de droit de l'Universit茅 de Pittsburgh, 脿 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie, EUA. Il se sp茅cialise dans le droit, la politique et la th茅orie de la propri茅t茅 intellectuelle (PI). Il a publi茅 ses recherches entre autres dans les revues de droit de Cornell University, Fordham University, Boston College, University of Notre Dame, College of William & Mary, et Case Western Reserve University. On peut consulter sa biographie et sa liste de publications 脿 .
