Michael W. Carroll

American University Washington College of Law

Professor of Law and Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property

4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20016

United States

http://www.wcl.american.edu/faculty/mcarroll/

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Implementing User Rights for Research in the Field of Artificial Intelligence: A Call for International Action

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Implementing User Rights for Research in the Field of Artificial Intelligence: A Call for International Action

European Intellectual Property Review 2020, Vol. 42, Issue 7, 393-398., American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2020-12
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 16 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2021
Sean Flynn, Christophe Geiger, João Pedro Quintais, Thomas Margoni, Matthew Sag, Lucie Guibault and Michael W. Carroll
American University - Washington College of Law, Luiss Guido Carli University, University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR), Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP), Faculty of Law - KU Leuven, Emory University School of Law, Schulich School of Law and American University Washington College of Law
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Copyright, artificial intelligence, machine learning, text and data mining, user rights, limitations and exceptions, research

Implementing User Rights for Research in the Field of Artificial Intelligence: A Call for International Action

Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series no. 48
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Sean Flynn, Christophe Geiger, João Pedro Quintais, Thomas Margoni, Matthew Sag, Lucie Guibault and Michael W. Carroll
American University - Washington College of Law, Luiss Guido Carli University, University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR), Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP), Faculty of Law - KU Leuven, Emory University School of Law, Schulich School of Law and American University Washington College of Law
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intellectual property, artificial intelligence, text and data mining

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Whose Music is it Anyway? How We Came to View Musical Expression as a Form of Property

Number of pages: 93 Posted: 08 Dec 2003
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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Copyright, Legal History, Music, Property

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Creative Commons as Conversational Copyright

Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2007-8, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INFORMATION WEALTH: ISSUES AND PRACTICES IN THE DIGITAL AGE, Peter K. Yu, ed., Vol. 1, pp. 445-61, Praeger, 2007
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Apr 2007
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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Copyright, Commons, Creative Commons, Property, Relevance

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Fixing Fair Use

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 85, 2007, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2006-21
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 16 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2007
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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copyright, fair use, rules and standards, advisory opinions, free speech

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Copyright and the Progress of Science: Why Text and Data Mining Is Lawful

53 UC Davis Law Review 893, 2019, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2020-15
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 15 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2020
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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intellectual property law, text and data mining

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The Struggle for Music Copyright

Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2005-7
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 16 Mar 2005
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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music copyright, copyright law, property rights

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Creative Commons and the New Intermediaries

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 45, 2006, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2005-13
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2007
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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Creative Commons, copyright, Semantic Web, XML, machine-readable

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Evaluating the Benefits of Fair Use: A Response to the PWC Report on the Costs and Benefits of 'Fair Use'

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 May 2016
Peter A. Jaszi, Michael W. Carroll, Sean Flynn, Michael Palmedo, Kimberlee G. Weatherall and Ariel Katz
American University - Washington College of Law, American University Washington College of Law, American University - Washington College of Law, American University - Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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fair use, copyright limitations and exceptions, economics

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Disruptive Technology and Common Law Lawmaking: A Brief Analysis of A&M Records, Inc. V. Napster, Inc.

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 Feb 2003
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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Cyberlaw, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Napster

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One Size Does Not Fit All: A Framework for Tailoring Intellectual Property Rights

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 70, No. 6, 2009 , American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2010-07
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 06 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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Patent, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Tailoring, Uniformity Cost, Appropriability, Information Theory

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The Movement for Open Access Law - Symposium

Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 10, 2006, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2006-11
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2007
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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open access, copyright, legal scholarship

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One for All: The Problem of Uniformity Cost in Intellectual Property Law

American University Law Review, Vol. 55, 2006, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2005-17
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 11 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2007
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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Patent, copyright, intellectual property, law and economics, property

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The Triumph of Three Big Ideas in Fair Use Jurisprudence

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 99, No. 2, 2024
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 24 Apr 2024
Michael W. Carroll and Peter A. Jaszi
American University Washington College of Law and American University - Washington College of Law
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Copyright, Fair Use, Transformative Use, Generative Artificial Intelligence

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Patent Injunctions and the Problem of Uniformity Cost

Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review, Vol. 13, p. 421, 2007, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2007-14
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Jun 2007
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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Patent, Intellectual Property, Injunction, uniformity cost, one-size-fits-all

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Copyright’s Creative Hierarchy in the Performing Arts

14 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 797 (2012), American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2012-25
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 08 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2012
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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Copyright law, performing arts

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Pinterest and Copyright's Safe Harbors for Internet Providers

68 University of Miami Law Review, 422 (2014), American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2014-2
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Feb 2014
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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copyright, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, safe harbor, internet providers

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Rules of Engagement: Copyright and Automated Gatekeepers’ Influence on Creative Expression

52 Seton Hall Law Review 1137 (2022), American University, WCL Research Paper 2022-14
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2024
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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copyright law, artifical intelligence, algorithmic gatekeeping

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A Realist Approach to Copyright Law's Formalities

28 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 1511 (2013), American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2014-34
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 25 Jun 2014
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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Copyright Law, formalities

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Sharing Research Data and Intellectual Property Law: A Primer

PLOS Biology 13(8) (2015), American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2016-18
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 13 Apr 2016
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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intellectual property rights, research data

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Intellectual Property and Related Rights in Climate Data

Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Climate Change (2016). , American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2016-17
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 13 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2016
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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intellectual property, research data

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Why Full Open Access Matters

PLOS Biology 9(11) (2011)
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 13 Apr 2016
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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open access publication

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Tailoring Intellectual Property Rights to Reduce Uniformity Cost

Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law, Vol 1: Theory Vol 2: Analytical Methods (Ben Depoorter & Peter Menell, eds. 2019)
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Nov 2024
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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intellectual property, law and economics, patent, copyright, tailoring rights, uniformity cost, one-size-fits-all

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Why the Supreme Court Rejected the Prospect Theory of Copyright Scope

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Volume 42, No. 3. Pp. 683-704 , American University, WCL Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 31 Jan 2025
Michael W. Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
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Copyright, Derivative Work, Fair Use, Prospect Theory

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Copyright Law: Eleventh Edition

Carolina Academic Press (2020), U of Houston Law Center No. 2020-A-32
Posted: 01 Jul 2020
Craig Joyce, Tyler Trent Ochoa and Michael W. Carroll
University of Houston - Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law, Santa Clara University School of Law and American University Washington College of Law

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Copyright, other intellectual property, history, international, digital, originality, fixation, works of authorship, ownership, transfers, duration, termination, publication, formalities, exclusive rights, infringement, secondary liability, fair use, affirmative defenses, remedies, preemption