Effective dispute resolution is important for reducing private and social costs. We study how resolution responds to changes in price and communication using a new, extensive dataset of copyright infringement incidences by firms. The data cover two field experiments run by a large...

The Japanese Copyright Law provides that copyright protection in computer programs does not extend to algorithms used in making programs. In March of 1989, the 29th division of the Tokyo District Court, which specializes in intellectual property cases, had occasion to consider how far beyond the...

This response to Zahr K. Said's A Transactional Theory of the Reader in Copyright Law, 102 Iowa L. Rev. 605 (2017), joins her in supporting a reader-centered view of copyright infringement but asks whether – within the bounds of reasonableness – any particular reading can be privileged over...