Copyright Protection of Letters, Diaries, and Other Unpublished Works: An Economic Approach

Copyright Protection of Letters, Diaries, and Other Unpublished Works: An Economic Approach

Copyright

The author talks about one of the most controversial questions in copyright law today concerns the proper scope of protection for unpublished works, a few examples of these are letters, diaries, journals, reports, and/or drafts that the owner of it may publish in the future. He stands by his statement that the question does not become whether or not it has the ability to be copyrighted, but rather it's more about whether the work should be given stronger copyright protection than published or widely disseminated works? The interest in this topic causes the author to talk about several cases, like Harper and Row vs. Nation Enterprises.

William M. Landes

The University of Chicago Press Journals

January 1992

Journal

William M. Landes, "Copyright Protection of Letters, Diaries, and Other Unpublished Works:
An Economic Approach," The Journal of Legal Studies 21, no. 1 (Jan., 1992): 79-113. https://doi.org/10.1086/467901