Michael J. Madison

University of Pittsburgh - School of Law

Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Innovation Practice Institute

3900 Forbes Ave.

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

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1.

Constructing Commons in the Cultural Environment

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 95, p. 657, 2010, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-26
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 12 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 28 May 2010
Michael J. Madison, Brett M. Frischmann and Katherine J. Strandburg
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law, Villanova University - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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commons, common pools, governance, public goods, information, knowledge, intellectual property, patent pools

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The Lawyer as Legal Scholar

University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 65, No. 63, 2003
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 02 Mar 2004
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Scholarship, writing, law schools, legal education, legal profession

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Reconstructing the Software License

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, Vol. 35, No. 275, 2003
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 17 Feb 2004
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Copyright, software, computer program, license, open source, governance

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A Pattern-Oriented Approach to Fair Use

William & Mary Law Review, 2004
Number of pages: 166 Posted: 09 Oct 2003 Last Revised: 18 May 2009
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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copyright, fair use, file sharing

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Law as Design: Objects, Concepts and Digital Things

Case Western Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 2, 2005
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 27 Apr 2005
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 426 (63,341)
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property, contract, commercial law, copyright, patent, antitrust, innovation, product design

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Contrasts in Innovation: Pittsburgh Then and Now

INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EVOLVING ECONOMIES: THE ROLE OF LAW, Megan Carpenter, ed., Edward Elgar Publishers, 2012 , U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-17
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2014
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Innovation, agglomeration, regional economics, urban economics, entrepreneurship, Pittsburgh, Chinitz

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Social Software, Groups, and Governance

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2006, p. 153, 2006
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Aug 2005
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Groups, computer software, salience, innovation, governance, narrative, place, artifacts, STS, cognitive science

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Visions of the Future of (Legal) Education

U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-13
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2015
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Law school, legal education, organizational change

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Beyond Creativity: Copyright as Knowledge Law

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, Vol. 12, p. 817, 2010, University of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-15
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 May 2010 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2010
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Intellectual Property, Copyright, Creativity, Knowledge, Learning, Authorship, Expression

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Where Does Creativity Come from? And Other Stories of Copyright

Case Western Reserve Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 747, 2003
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Mar 2004
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Copyright, narrative, film, music, tasini

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Knowledge Curation

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 86, p. 1957, 2011, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-13
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 May 2011 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2011
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Intellectual Property, Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Innovation, Creativity, Knowledge, Learning, Curation, Commons

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Some Optimism About Fair Use and Copyright Law

Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., Vol. 57, No. 3, 2010, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-21
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2010
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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intellectual property, copyright, fair use, best practices

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Rewriting Fair Use and the Future of Copyright Reform

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 391, 2005, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Jun 2008
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 333 (84,546)
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fair use, social practices, copyright

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The Narratives of Cyberspace Law (or, Learning from Casablanca)

Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts, 2004
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Oct 2003
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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cyberspace, Internet, narrative, metaphor

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Rights of Access and the Shape of the Internet

Boston College Law Review, 2003
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 19 Dec 2002
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 329 (85,695)
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click-through, trespass, DMCA, CFAA, copyright, information, access

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The University as Constructed Cultural Commons

Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 30, 2009, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-24, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1256090
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 24 May 2012
Michael J. Madison, Brett M. Frischmann and Katherine J. Strandburg
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law, Villanova University - School of Law and New York University School of Law
Downloads 328 (85,993)
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commons, common pools, governance, public goods, information, knowledge, intellectual property, patent pools, university

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Lost Classics of Intellectual Property Law

U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-28
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 06 Aug 2014
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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intellectual property, patent, copyright, trademark, scholarship

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Governing Knowledge Commons -- Introduction & Chapter 1

Governing Knowledge Commons, Brett M. Frischmann, Michael J. Madison and Katherine J. Strandburg, eds., Oxford University Press, 2014, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 438, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-32, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 14-49
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2014
Brett M. Frischmann, Michael J. Madison and Katherine J. Strandburg
Villanova University - School of Law, University of Pittsburgh - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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commons, common pools, governance, public goods, information, knowledge, intellectual property, patent pools

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Open Secrets

THE LAW AND THEORY OF TRADE SECRECY: A HANDBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, Rochelle C. Dreyfuss, Katherine J. Strandburg, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010 , U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-22
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 25 May 2014
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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intellectual property, trade secrets, commons

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The Idea of the Law Review: Scholarship, Prestige, and Open Access

Lewis & Clark Law Review, 2006
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 May 2006
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 306 (92,921)
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law review, open access, prestige, publishing, scholarship

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Reply: The Complexity of Commons

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 95, p. 839, 2010, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-19, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 10-31, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 10-26
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 16 May 2010 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2010
Michael J. Madison, Brett M. Frischmann and Katherine J. Strandburg
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law, Villanova University - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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commons, common pools, governance, public goods, information, knowledge, intellectual property, patent pools

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Writing to Learn Law and Writing in Law: An Intellectual Property Illustration

St. Louis University Law Journal, 2008, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-13
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 May 2008
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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teaching law, writing to learn, writing in law, legal writing, intellectual property law practice

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Legal-Ware: Contract and Copyright in the Digital Age

Fordham Law Review Vol. 67, No. 3, December 1998
Number of pages: 121 Posted: 14 Nov 1998
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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shrinkwrap, fair use, copyright

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Of Coase and Comics, or, The Comedy of Copyright

Virginia Law Review in Brief, Vol. 95, p. 27, 2009, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-15
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 01 May 2009
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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copyright, social norms, intellectual property, law and economics, emergence of property rights, stand-up comedy, commons, case studies

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Knowledge Commons

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Knowledge Commons

Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law (Vol. II – Analytical Methods), Peter Menell & David Schwartz, eds. (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-28
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2017
Michael J. Madison, Katherine J. Strandburg and Brett M. Frischmann
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law, New York University School of Law and Villanova University - School of Law
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Knowledge commons, commons in the cultural environment, information commons, cultural commons, science commons, data commons, knowledge pools, Intellectual property, property, governance

Knowledge Commons

U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-39, Forthcoming in Hudson, Blake, Rosenbloom, Jonathan, and Cole, Dan eds., Routledge Handbook of the Study of the Commons, Abingdon, UK: Routledge
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 14 Dec 2018
Michael J. Madison, Brett M. Frischmann and Katherine J. Strandburg
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law, Villanova University - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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knowledge commons, commons in the cultural environment, information commons, cultural commons, science commons, data commons, knowledge pools, intellectual property, property, governance

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Innovators, Esq.: Training the Next Generation of Lawyer Social Entrepreneurs

University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 83, p. 967, 2015, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-21
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Jun 2015
Stephanie Dangel and Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law and University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, legal education, legal profession

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Leading New Lawyers: Leadership and Legal Education

Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 83, p. 751, 2006, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-12
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2016
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Leadership, law schools, legal education, professional identity

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Beyond Invention: Patent as Knowledge Law

Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, p. 71, 2011, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-36
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2014
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Intellectual Property, Patent, Bilski, Patentable Subject Matter, Innovation, Invention, Knowledge, Learning

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The Football as Intellectual Property Object

Forthcoming, in A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects, Dan Hunter and Claudy Op Den Kamp, eds., Cambridge University Press, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-29
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 28 Nov 2017
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Intellectual property, IP, patent, trademark, legal history, law and technology, IP, football, soccer, FIFA, World Cup, sport, sporting goods, Adidas, Nike, Mitre, Select

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Notes on a Geography of Knowledge

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 77, p. 2039, 2009, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-09
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2010
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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copyright, patent, intellectual property licenses, exhaustion, first sale, implied license, formalism, functionalism, rhetoric, space, things

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Intellectual Property and Americana, or Why IP Gets the Blues

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 18, p. 677, 2008, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-12
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Apr 2008
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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business models, cultural production, social practices, copyright

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Madisonian Fair Use

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 30, No. 39, p. 101, 2012, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-15
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 25 May 2012
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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intellectual property, copyright, fair use, best practices

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Creativity and Craft

LAW, CREATIVITY, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Robin Paul Malloy, Shubha Ghosh, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-14
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 May 2010 Last Revised: 13 May 2014
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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intellectual property, intanible property, tangible property, copyright, originality, craft

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Preparing for Service: A Template for 21st Century Legal Education

U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-27
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Aug 2015
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Law school, legal education, organizational change, pedagogy, teaching, experiential learning, professional identity, identity formation, law students, curricular reform, curriculum, innovation, strategic planning

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The End of the Work as We Know It

Journal of Intellectual Property Law, Forthcoming, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-28
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Sep 2012
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Intellectual Property, Copyright, Originality, Creativity, Copyright Work, Work of Authorship, Boundaries, Boundary Objects

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IP Things as Boundary Objects: The Case of Copyright Work

6 Laws 13 (2017) , U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-12
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2017
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Intellectual Property, Copyright, Originality, Creativity, Copyright Work, Work of Authorship, Boundaries, Boundary Objects

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Book Review -- William Patry, How to Fix Copyright

The IP Law Book Review, Vol. 3, p. 29, 2013, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-13
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 26 Apr 2013
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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copyright, reform, digital networks

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An Invitation Regarding Law and Legal Education, and Imagining the Future

U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-03
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 14 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2018
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Law school, legal education, legal profession, legal operations, legal technology, law firms, change management, organizational change, leadership, future of law

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Metaphor, Objects, and Commodities

Cleveland State Law Review, Vol. 54, p. 141, 2006, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-17
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Jun 2008
George Taylor and Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law and University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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metaphor, commoditization, objectification, objects, interpretation

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Commons at the Intersection of Peer Production, Citizen Science, and Big Data: Galaxy Zoo

Governing Knowledge Commons, Brett M. Frischmann, Michael J. Madison and Katherine J. Strandburg, eds., Oxford University Press, 2014, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-35
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2014
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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commons, common pools, governance, public goods, information, knowledge, intellectual property, patent pools, Big Data, data-intensive science, crowdsourcing, citizen science, Galaxy Zoo, Zooniverse

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Complexity and Copyright in Contradiction

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2000
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Oct 1999
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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copyright, first amendment, fair use

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Governing Medical Knowledge Commons - Introduction and Chapter 1

From: Governing Medical Knowledge Commons, Katherine J. Strandburg, Brett M. Frischmann, & Michael J. Madison, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2017, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-24
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 19 Oct 2017
Katherine J. Strandburg, Brett M. Frischmann and Michael J. Madison
New York University School of Law, Villanova University - School of Law and University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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commons, knowledge commons, tragedy of the commons, common pools, common pool resources, governance, public goods, information, knowledge, intellectual property, patent pools, medical research, user innovation

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Information Abundance and Knowledge Commons

A chapter in User Generated Law: Re-Constructing Intellectual Property in a Knowledge Society, edited by Thomas Riis (Edward Elgar, 2016), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-35
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2016
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Intellectual property, property, resources, objects, things, works, commons, knowledge commons, governance, scarcity, abundance, exclusivity

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Understanding Access to Things: A Knowledge Commons Perspective

A chapter in: Intellectual Property and Access to Im/material Goods, edited by Jessica C. Lai & Antoinette Maget Dominicé (Edward Elgar, 2016) , U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-25
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 Sep 2016
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Intellectual property, property, objects, things, works, commons, knowledge commons, access, materiality, governance

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Authority and Authors and Codes

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 84, p. 1616, 2016, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-37
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Dec 2016
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, hacking, computer intrusions, authors, authorship, copyright, code, signals, signaling, imageability

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What's My Copy Right?

48 J. Copyright Soc’y (U.S.A.) 787 (2001)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 16 Jun 2015
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Copyright, derivative works, fair use

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Fair Use and Social Practices

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INFORMATION WEALTH, Peter Yu, ed., Praeger Publishers, 2006, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2007-02
Posted: 12 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2008
Michael J. Madison
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law

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copyright, fair use, social practices