http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/journalism_oapolicydeposits/rss Recent eScholarship items from Open Access Policy Deposits Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:58:13 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7m18q16d Atomic No. 17: Downplaying the Insidious Effects of Chlorine-Bleach-Containing Products in the Cleaning Industry https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7m18q16d Fri, 21 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Barron, Susana https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8426n2vd Copyright, Monopoly Games, and Pirates https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8426n2vd Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Leonard, Thomas Charles https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5m04z9nc Copyright creates a short or long-term monopoly, with exceptions for fair use. This law applies to a very large part of media content today; its origins and classic problems lie in the book trade of the 18^th century.   Over three centuries in the Anglo-American world copyright has resembled a game of Monopoly where the players have repeatedly made up the rules.  Publishers, not authors, have had the largest measure of control because they have been better organized and better capitalized.  Authors have topped publishers in self-righteousness, but this has not done them much good.  In the first century of U.S. history, for instance, foreign authors were exploited by publishers with no apologies.  Courts and Congresses have revised the rules, but on purpose made them flexible and puzzling. The “fair use” of other people’s work dates back to the early years of copyright,  but exercising this right beyond a few well-understood practices... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5m04z9nc Wed, 27 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Leonard, Thomas Charles