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16 Mich. J. Int'l L. 299 (1994-1995)
Raiders of the Lost Scrolls: The Right of Scholarly Access to the Content of Historic Documents

handle is hein.journals/mjil16 and id is 309 raw text is: RAIDERS OF THE LOST SCROLLS: THE RIGHT OF SCHOLARLY ACCESS TO THE CONTENT OF HISTORIC DOCUMENTS Cindy Alberts Carson* IN TROD UCTION ........... ..... .............................. I. THE HISTORY OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS CONTROVERSY .. A. Discovering, Studying, and Publishing the Scrolls ....... B. The Copyright Suits ................................... II. HISTORIC DOCUMENTS AND THEIR CONTENTS AS CULTURAL PROPERTY ..................................... A. Who Owns the Scrolls? ................................ B. Proper Stewardship Requires Access and Preservation.. III. CONTROL OF THE CONTENT OF HISTORIC DOCUMENTS AS INTERFERENCE WITH INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM ............. A . The D uty to Publish ................................... B. Intellectual Freedom as a Right Vested in the Public .... IV. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION OF THE SCROLL R ECONSTRUCTIONS ........................................ A . C opyright ............................................. 1. Protectability of the Arrangement of the Fragm ents ......................................... 2. Protectability of the Translation .................... 3. Protectability of the Interpolations ................. 4. Do the Creative Elements Confer Protectability on the Remainder of the Text? ..................... 5 . F air U se .......................................... B . Trade Secret .......................................... C. Unfair Competition .................................... V . P RO PO SA LS ................................................ A . P reservation .......................................... B . A ccess ................................................ C O N CLU SIO N .................................................... 300 301 301 307 309 309 314 317 318 320 323 323 324 326 327 328 335 342 343 344 344 346 347 * Associate Professor of Law, Whittier Law School. University of Southern California, J.D. (1982), B.A. (1978). The author wishes to thank Fatin Jeha for her invaluable research assistance. This article is dedicated to the memory of Cindy A. Raisch. 299

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