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61 J. Copyright Soc'y U.S.A. 235 (2013-2014)
American Copyright Life: Reflections on Re-Equilibrating Copyright for the Internet Age, This

handle is hein.journals/jocoso61 and id is 263 raw text is: This American Copyright Life THIS AMERICAN COPYRIGHT LIFE: REFLECTIONS ON RE-EQUILIBRATING COPYRIGHT FOR THE INTERNET AGE by PETER S. MENELL* ABSTRACT This article calls attention to the dismal state of copyright's public approval rating. Drawing on the format and style of Ira Glass's This American Life radio broadcast, the presentation unfolds in three parts: Act I - How did we get here?; Act II - Why should society care about copyright's public approval rating?; and Act III - How do we improve copyright's public approval rating (and efficacy)? *Koret Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley School of Law and co-founder and Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. I owe special thanks to David Anderman, Mark Avsec, Robby Beyers, Jamie Boyle, Hon. Ste- phen G. Breyer, Andrew Bridges, Elliot Cahn, David Carson, Jay Cooper, Jeff Cunard, Victoria Espinel, David Given, Jane Ginsburg, Paul Goldstein, Jim Grif- fin, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Noah Hadfield-Menell, Scotty Iseri, Dennis Karjala, Rob Kasunic, Chris Kendrick, Mark Lemley, Larry Lessig, Jessica Litman, Rob Merges, Eli Miller, Neal Netanel, Hon. Jon 0. Newman, Wood Newton, David Nimmer, Maria Pallante, Shira Perlmutter, Marybeth Peters, Gene Roddenberry, Pam Samuelson, Ellen Seidler, Lon Sobel, Chris Sprigman, Madhavi Sunder, Gary Stiffelman, Pete Townshend, Molly Van Houweling, Fred von Lohmann, Joel Waldfogel, Jeremy Williams, Jonathan Zittrain, and the participants on the Cyber- prof and Pho listserves for inspiration, perspective, provocation, and insight; and Claire Sylvia for her steadfast love, encouragement, and support. None of these people bear responsibility for what follows - and I suspect many will disagree with some or all of what I have to say. My hope is that the dot product of the reactions achieves the golden mean. Following my presentation of the Brace Lecture, I had the opportunity to re- prise the lecture at Cardozo Law School, George Washington Law School (and the D.C. Chapter of the Copyright Society), Hebrew University, Indiana University, the Northern California Chapter of the Copyright Society, Sony Pictures, Tel Aviv University, U.S. Copyright Office, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Davis, University of California (Hastings), University of Penn- sylvania, and the USC Intellectual Property Conference Speakers' Dinner. I thank Shyam Balganesh, Stefan Bechtold, Bob Brauneis, Ben Depoorter, Kristelia Gar- cia, Naomi Jane Gray, Justin Hughes, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Joesph Liu, Mike Mattioli, David Morrison, Maria Pallante, Madhavi Sunder, Aimee Wolfson, Felix Wu, Christopher Yoo, and the numerous law students and copyright professionals who shared their reactions. 235

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