Could Eminent Domain Break The RIAA Stranglehold?

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Could Eminent Domain Break The RIAA Stranglehold? 265

Posted by Hemos on Monday July 30, 2001 @01:00PM from the interesting-concept dept.

Thales_of_Miletus writes "Findlaw has an editorial today on fashioning a compulsory licensing scheme (the IP version of the real property eminent domain takings power)to allow third-party online music distribution to proceed without the RIAA's permission. Thoughtful arguments are made about the role of IP in a free society and restoring the public benefit function of copyright."

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