Do Book Copyrights Hide Them From View?

On the Media | Apr 20, 2012

Copyright protections for books have had the effect of driving the vast majority of them from public view. Meanwhile books in the public domain are surprisingly visible in places like Amazon.com. So says law professor Paul Heald, who’s been testing this idea. He explains to Bob the negative effects of copyright extension and the not-so-threatening reality of the public domain.

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