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SSRN-Copynorms: Copyright and Social Norms by Mark Schultz |
 | | Social norms regarding the copying, distribution, and use of expressive works (copynorms) are essential to understanding how copyright law affects society. |
| | Next, there are copynorms that arise from collective behavior more than conscious design: the acceptance of search engine indexing and archiving; e-mail replying and forwarding norms; blogger norms; and consumer home recording. |
| | Last, the paper examines the role of social norms in the greatest of copyright's current social dilemmas - file sharing - and concludes that copynorms are essential to understanding and resolving this challenge. |
| papers.ssrn.com /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=933656 (451 words) |
