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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[After &#039;Bridgeman&#039;: Copyright, Museums, and Public Domain Works of Art]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This case comment argues that the Bridgeman v. Corel Corp decision was incorrect: the interpretation of the originality requirement was misjudged in two ways, being both too &#039;broad&#039; with the sweat of the brow doctrine, and too &#039;narrow&#039; with the level of creativity required. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Part I of this Comment describes the Bridgeman decisions themselves. Part II examines the history of American copyright law and the idea of the public domain, and explores the historical roots of the originality requirement and the copyrightability of photographs. Part III addresses the Bridgeman court’s interpretation of the originality requirement, its dismissal of Bridgeman’s arguments, and the prospect of a post-Bridgeman world in which museums rely on contract remedies, rather than copyright, to the detriment of the public. This Comment suggests that the Bridgeman decision should not be a model for other courts: following this decision would foster an inaccurate analysis of the originality requirement, draw revenue away from museums, discourage the creation of high-quality reproductions, and, most importantly, diminish the rights of viewers through increasingly constrained contracts of adhesion. The law and the public would both suffer if the ideas in the Bridgeman decision were widely adopted. <br />
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    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Robin J. Allan]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[University of Pennsylvania]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2007-04-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Victoria Stobo]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[All Rights Reserved]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[ENG]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CleanUrl: after-bridgeman-copyright-museums-public-domain-works-of-art]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:rightsHolder><![CDATA[In Copyright]]></dcterms:rightsHolder>
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