@article{26600,
      recid = {26600},
      author = {Mazzone, Jason, and Mazzone, Jason,},
      title = {Copyfraud and other abuses of intellectual property law /},
      pages = {xiii, 295 pages ;},
      abstract = {"Intellectual property law in the United States does not  work well and it needs to be reformed--but not for the  reasons given by most critics. The issue is not that  intellectual property rights are too easily obtained, too  broad in scope, and too long in duration. Rather, the  primary problem is overreaching by publishers, producers,  artists, and others who abuse intellectual property law by  claiming stronger rights than the law actually gives them.  From copyfraud--like phony copyright notices attached to  the U.S. Constitution--to lawsuits designed to prevent  people from poking fun at Barbie, from controversies over  digital sampling in hip-hop to Major League Baseball's  ubiquitous restriction on sharing any 'accounts and  descriptions of this game, ' overreaching claims of  intellectual property rights are everywhere. Overreaching  interferes with legitimate uses and reproduction of a wide  variety of works, imposes enormous social and economic  costs, and ultimately undermines creative endeavors. As  this book reveals, the solution is not to change the scope  or content of intellectual property rights, but to create  mechanisms to prevent people asserting rights beyond those  they legitimately possess. While there are many other books  on intellectual property, this is the first to examine  overreaching as a distinct problem and to show how to solve  it. Jason Mazzone makes a series of timely proposals by  which government, organizations, and ordinary people can  stand up to creators and content providers when they seek  to grab more than the law gives them"--Provided by  publisher.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/26600},
}