Table of Contents

1: Introduction: A "Largely Ignored Paradox"
2: From Mein Kampf to Google
3: What Is Freedom of Speech? (And How Does It Bear on Copyright?)
4: Copyright's Ungainly Expansion
5: Is Copyright "the Engine of Free Expression"?
6: Copyright's Free Speech Burdens
7: The Propertarian Counter-Argument
8: Copyright and the First Amendment
9: Remaking Copyright in the First Amendment's Image
Notes
Index

About the Author

Neil Weinstock Netanel is Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. He writes and teaches in the areas of copyright, international intellectual property, and media and telecommunications.

Reviews

"Copyright's Paradox fluently examines an array of recent copyright controversies, highlighting the problematic free speech implications of an ever-expanding copyright regime...Netanel's incisive examination of his subject through a First Amendment lens helps illuminate some of the issue's critical cultural and constitutional dimensions."--Harvard Law Review
"Neil Netanel is rightly hailed as one of the most important writers and thinkers in the field... his latest book, Copyright's Paradox, cements that reputation...Best of all, Copyright's Paradox offers solutions, a set of simple legislative recommendations that are both realistic and promising-solutions that will end the copyright wars without destroying the public interest or the fortunes of artists."--Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing.net
"Timely and topical...Netanel's well-researched, informative and eminently readable book is a thoughtful and important contribution to the debate, and should be read by those seeking practical solutions to a problem that will not go away with wishful thinking."--New Jersey Lawyer
"Copyright's Paradox is a major book by a major thinker, and a must read for all."--William Patry, The Patry Copyright Blog
"Netanel makes an original and creative argument that copyright is in the end about speech. Copyright's Paradox should be on the list of required reading for anyone concerned with the inner workings of the copyright system, and those interested in issues of institutional or regulatory design as they relate to public policy goals."--Yale Law Journal