Infringement Nation: Copyright Reform and the Law/Norm Gap
Infringement Nation: Copyright Reform and the Law/Norm Gap
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侵权国家：版权改革与法律/规范差距
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2007
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John Tehranian
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John Tehranian
1976年的《版权法》不可避免地调解了我们与网络空间和新媒体的关系。然而，自该法案生效以来已经过去了30年，毫无疑问，在此期间发生了巨大的经济，技术和社会变化。虽然这些变化确实必然要求对法律进行大规模修订，但我们肯定已经达到了评估现有法律效力和全面思考改革问题的适当时机。通过追踪一位名叫"约翰"的假设法学教授在一天之内无意中为他的埃塞俄比亚活动承担的责任，《侵权国家》强调了三个主要趋势。首先，版权法与普通美国人的日常生活越来越相关。第二，这种日益增长的针对性已经提高了公众对版权问题的意识。最后，这两个事实放大了版权法和版权规范之间的巨大差距。简而言之，我们是一个版权侵权者的国家。在21世纪的世纪，普通的美国人每天都在肆无忌惮地违反版权法，甚至连眼皮都不眨一下。随着监控技术变得越来越复杂，从而使侵权行为越来越多地受到版权所有者的侦查和执法权力的影响，我们将被迫面对法律/规范的差距。作为回应，我们已经开始重新审视我们的规范。我们也有责任重新审视我们的版权制度的活力--这个制度目前有可能使我们所有人都成为罪犯。
The 1976 Copyright Act inextricably mediates our relationship with cyberspace and new media. Yet three decades have passed since the Act went into effect, and without dispute, tremendous economic, technological, and social changes have occurred in that time. Although these changes do necessarily dictate wholesale revision of the law, we have certainly reached an appropriate point to evaluate the efficacy of the extant Act and think holistically about the issue of reform. By tracing the liability that a hypothetical law professor named "John" unwittingly incurs for his quotidian activities over the course of a single day, Infringement Nation highlights three key trends. First, copyright law is increasingly relevant to the daily life of the average American. Second, this growing pertinence has precipitated a heightened public consciousness over copyright issues. Finally, these two facts have magnified the vast disparity between copyright law and copyright norms. We are, in short, a nation of copyright infringers. In the twenty-first century, the average American violates copyright law with spectacular gusto on a daily basis without batting an eyelid. As surveillance technology grows more sophisticated, thereby allowing acts of infringement increasingly to come under the detection and enforcement power of copyright holders, we will be forced to confront the law/norm gap. In response, we have already begun to reexamine our norms. It is also incumbent upon us to reexamine the vitality of our copyright regime - a regime that presently threatens to make criminals of us all.