ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Contributions to this project were made by several persons with considerable expertise in diverse professional fields. On the subject of copyright law, indispensible assistance was provided by Abe A. Goldman, retired General Counsel to the Copyright Office and by Michael S. Keplinger, originator of the concept of this project, and now Assistant Executive Director of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU). Mr. Goldman was responsible for the legal information and interpretations contained in Appendix A and made himself available to provide additional information as the need arose. The project benefited similarly from discussions with Mr. Keplinger who, with the concurrence of Arthur J. Levine, Executive Director of CONTU, enabled additional fruitful interchanges to be held with the professional staff of CONTU. Useful discussions were held with Jeffrey L. Squires and Christopher A. Meyer, staff attorneys and with David Y. Peyton, policy analyst. On the subject of economics, the project was assisted by Professors The clarification of ideas relating to public policy was assisted by discussions with Professor Patrick Eagan of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Project monitors for the National Science Foundation in the Division Acknowledgment of the assistance provided by any of the above persons. should not be construed as necessarily implying their concurrence in the findings, conclusions, or recommendations of this report. Roy G. Saltman COPYRIGHT IN COMPUTER-READABLE WORKS: POLICY IMPACTS 2.1 Common Law and the Principle of Natural Equity 2.2 National Uniformity in the Face of Mobility. 3.5 Copyright in Cable Television Retransmissions. 3.6 Copyright in Photocopies . 3.6.1 Williams & Wilkins v. United States 4.6.1 The Phonorecord Manufacturing License, 1976 Act 4.6.2 Jukebox Performance Royalty, 1976 Act 44 5.2 Some Technical Issues in the Hearings, 1967. 5.3 Current Status, 1976 General Revision. 5.7.4 Protection of Object Code as a Computer Program 5.7.5 Translation to a New Source Language. 5.7.6 Value of Copyright Protection. 5.7.7 Copyright and Software Industry Strength. TABLE OF CONTENTS Impact of Information Technology on Copyright Law in the Use of Computerized Scientific and Technological Information Systems, by CRC Appendix B: The Role of Transaction Costs in the Design of Royalty Pricing Schemes for STI, by Appendix C1: On the Optimal Provision of Journals Qua Excludable Public Goods: Summary and Major Appendix C2: On the Optimal Provision of Journals Qual Excludable Public Goods (full text), by |