If you were the Walt Disney Co., and you saw thousands upon thousands of fan-created videos that featured your intellectual property cropping up on YouTube, would you crack down on those violations or would you “Let It Go?”
This type of conundrum illustrates an issue that copyright holders face in this era of pervasive digital technology. We’ve come a long way since the early days of Napster, but the same questions posed by that technology still plague copyright law today. Namely, will digital technology sap the value of my intellectual property?
