CCT206H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Technology And Culture, Property Law, Starbucks
21 Feb 2018
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Cct208h5 - law, technology and culture (winter 2018) Intellectual property law is the manufacturing of scarcity. Rival consumption - consume something with exclusion of access. Box office effect - you have to go through the box office before entering (theatre scenario) Recursive changes - play off from one thing to another. Anything that is copyrighted make prices go up. Insulating/monopolizing of the competition; considered highly inefficient (apply pricing insertion; inflation) Balance of copyright - notion that copyright is for the owners and for the users. Owners - those who own the copyright; encourage innovation and production (monopolizing) Users - rights of access (fair dealing/fair use) Copyright the originality of the song before recording. People would get the sheet music and play the music itself (1890-1900s) There were no recorded music being broadcasted in 1890s. Trademark - symbols, sounds and the words connected to the specific brand. Starbucks tried to sue black bear coffee for using part of the name (trademark)
