David Hansen

Preprint · 2024 <p>On June 16, 2024, the U.S. Copyright Office celebrated the two-year anniversary of operations of the Copyright Claims Board ("CCB''), a novel new small claims court housed within the agency. The CCB was preceded by years of debate about th ... Full text Cite

Assessing the Copyright Small Claims Court After One Year

Preprint · 2023 In June 2023 the U.S. Copyright Office celebrated the one-year anniversary of operations of the Copyright Claims Board (“CCB”), a novel new small claims court housed within the agency. The CCB was preceded by years of debate about the benefits and ... Full text Cite

Brief Amici Curiae of 133 Academic Authors in Support of HathiTrust Digital Library

Preprint · 2013 The HathiTrust digital library contains over 7.3 million potentially in-copyright books. The complaint in this case has demanded that the court impound the in-copyright books in this repository and enjoin the use of all 7.3 million of these books, ... Full text Cite

Educational Fair Use Brief in Support of Georgia State University on Behalf of Amici Curiae Academic Authors and Legal Scholars

Preprint · 2013 For centuries, scholars and educators have excerpted the works of their colleagues, transforming them from individual, static monographs into dynamic pedagogical and intellectual tools for classroom learning. Such transformations reside at the hear ... Full text Cite

Orphan Works: Definitional Issues

Preprint · 2011 This paper outlines responses to two definitional questions that arise in the context of orphan works: (1) exactly what is the “orphan works” problem?, and (2) what is the size of this problem? The answers to these two questions are central to unde ... Full text Cite