Toward the Personalization of Copyright Law

Authors

Adi Libson, Bar-Ilan University, IsraelFollow
Gideon Parchomovsky, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law SchoolFollow

ORCID

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Abstract

In this Article, we provide a blueprint for personalizing copyright law in order to reduce the deadweight loss that stems from its universal application to all users, including those who would not have paid for it. We demonstrate how big data can help identify inframarginal users, who would not pay for copyrighted content, and we explain how copyright liability and remedies should be modified in such cases.

Keywords

personalization of law, big data, copyright, dead weight loss

Publication Title

University of Chicago Law Review

Publication Citation

86 U. Chi. L. Rev. 527 (2019)

Repository Citation

Libson, Adi and Parchomovsky, Gideon, "Toward the Personalization of Copyright Law" (2019). All Faculty Scholarship. 2059.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_scholarship/2059