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标题：Reforming Copyright Interpretation
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作者：Zahr K. Said
期刊名称：Harvard Journal of Law and Technology
印刷版ISSN：0897-3393
出版年度：2015
卷号：28
期号：2
出版社：William S Hein
摘要：Copyright law has an interpretation problem that is in need of re- form. Judges routinely face complex interpretive choices when they resolve disputes over potentially copyrightable works. Judges choose whether to resolve an issue as a matter of law, whether to admit ¡ª or even require ¡ª extrinsic evidence that may be relevant to their inter- pretation, and whether to rely on judicial intuition or formal analysis in their decision-making. The interpretive choices that judges make about works have played an important but unacknowledged role in outcomes of cases involving screenplays, architecture, novels, pop songs, nonfiction works, and photography