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Preface

[p-1] Andrew L. Shapiro, _The_Control_Revolution:_How_the_Internet_Is_Putting_Individuals_
_in_Charge_and_Changing_the_World_We_Know_ (New York: PublicAffairs, 1999).

Chapter 1

[1] Telephone interview with Davis Guggenheim, November 15, 2000. The law on the
books in this area (as distinct from what directors and lawyers working for directors think)
is "by no means certain." See Melville B. Nimmer and David Nimmer, "Nimmer on
Copyright," #13.05[D][3], at 13-222 (2001).

[2] For these cases and others, see the extraordinarily helpful site http://www.
benedict.com/visual/visual.htm. See also Daniel B. Wood, "Hollywood Loves an Origi-
nal Idea," _Christian_Science_Monitor,_ December 15, 1997, http://www.csmonitor.com/
durable/1997/12/15/us/us.4.html; _Woods_ v. _Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.,_ 920 F. Supp. 62
(SDNY 1996) (_12_Monkeys_).

[3] See Matthew C. Lucas, "The De Minimis Dilemma: A Bedeviling Problem of
Definitions and a New Proposal for a Notice Rule," _Journal_of_Technology_Law_&_Policy_
4, no. 3 (2000): 2 (http://journal.law.ufl.edu/~techlaw/4-3/lucas.html).

[4] Jessica Litman, _Digital_Copyright_ (Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2001),
244-245.

[5] Telephone interview with Davis Guggenheim.

[6] Niccolo Machiavelli, _The_Prince,_ 2nd ed. (London and New York: W. W. Norton,
1992), 17.

[1-7] In 1710, the English Parliament passed the Statute of Anne, which, to the horror of
its original supporters, was amended to limit the term of copyright to twenty-eight years.
In 1774, the House of Lords finally upheld the limit, permitting the works of Shake-
speare to fall into the public domain for the first time. _Donaldson_ v. _Becket,_English_Re-_
_ports_ 98 (House of Lords, 1774), 251, overturning _Millar_ v. _Taylor,_Burroughs_ 4 (1769):
2303, 2308. See Mark Rose, _Authors_and_Owners_ (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univer-

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