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Gates, Trevor M. --- "Copyright protection for modern comedic material" [2018] ELECD 870; in Bonadio, Enrico; Lucchi, Nicola (eds), "Non-Conventional Copyright" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 219

Book Title: Non-Conventional Copyright

Editor(s): Bonadio, Enrico; Lucchi, Nicola

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781786434067

Section: Chapter 10

Section Title: Copyright protection for modern comedic material

Author(s): Gates, Trevor M.

Number of pages: 18

Abstract/Description:

This chapter considers whether U.S. copyright law should be more flexible in its application to modern comedic material. It explores difficulties comedians face in relying on copyright law to protect their rights in their works, how a U.S. court might currently handle a copyright infringement action between comedians involving modern comedic material, and potential solutions to help comedians enforce their rights in their works. This chapter concludes that, while there are ways U.S. copyright law could be more flexible in its application to the comedy industry to help comedians enforce their rights in their works, substantially altering existing copyright law to benefit the comedy industry is not the best solution.