Abstract:US copyright law protects authors and publishers. The law has not been updated in decades despite dramatic changes in the production and distribution of printed and digital scholarly books and articles. What was the evolution of current copyright law? What calls for copyright reform are now gaining traction? Where should the scholarly publishing community come down on the question of reform? This paper provides some recommendations in response to these questions.

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学术出版界应支持修改美国版权法

摘要：美国版权法保护作者和出版商。尽管印刷和数字学术书籍和文章的生产和分发发生了巨大变化，但该法律几十年来一直没有更新。现行版权法的演变是什么？哪些版权改革呼吁现在越来越受到关注？学术出版界应该从何谈起改革问题？针对这些问题，本文提出了一些建议。