Columbia Law School Scholarship Archive Faculty Scholarship Faculty Publications 1990 Creation and Commercial Value: Copyright Protection of Works of Information Jane C. Ginsburg Columbia Law School,
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[email protected]. CREATION AND COMMERCIAL VALUE: COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF WORKS OF INFORMATION* Jane C. Ginsburg** TABL OF CONTENTS Introduction .................................................. 1865 I. Copyright Protection of Informational Works: An Historical Perspective .................................... 1873 A. Laborious Authorship ................................ 1875 B. Individuality and Authorship ......................... 1881 C. Personality, Information, Investment, and Technology 1888 II. Informational Works in Contemporary Copyright Analysis. 1893 A. Subject Matter ....................................... 1895 B. Scope ..............................................