Abstract
Rapid developments in technology have radically changed the practice of copyright; however, this revolution has provided disproportionate, lopsided advantages to corporate interests over public ones. For example, publishers today can charge the same buyer for the same e-book many times over while simultaneously depriving them of the rights normally conveyed with purchase, such as the rights to resale, donation, lending, and bequeathing. Technology itself is a neutral tool, so there is no reason that the current landscape must be so unbalanced. This Article explores two ways in which libraries can both maximize the public benefits of knowledge and provide added protections against the harms that come from the misuse of copyright’s monopoly.
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Wu, Michelle
(2026)
"Leveraging Technology, Copyright, and Libraries to Benefit the Public Interest,"
Seattle University Law Review Online: Vol. 49, Article 4.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sulro/vol49/iss1/4