Copyright law is under constant pressure to evolve. Since the Copyright Act of 1790, which protected only maps, charts and books from unauthorized copying, the law has grown to cover dramatic and audiovisual works, music, choreography, pictures, graphics, sculptures, architecture and more. As emerging technologies have created opportunities for new modes of creative expression and distribution, copyright law has been forced to respond. It may seem curious then, that a law review article written fifty years ago — and primarily about book publishing — could have continued relevance today. This is particularly true considering it was published before the Copyright Act of 1976, which remains the primary basis of copyright law in the United States. Yet “The Uneasy Case for Copyright” continues to have a lasting significance for copyright scholars. It was the first piece Justice Stephen Breyer — then an assistant professor at Harvard Law School working toward tenure — published

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布雷耶，斯蒂芬。版权的不安案例：书籍，影印本和计算机程序中版权的研究，第84页。L.Rev.281（1970）

版权法不断面临发展的压力。自1790年的《版权法》仅保护地图，图表和书籍免遭未经授权的复制以来，该法律已涵盖了戏剧和视听作品，音乐，舞蹈，图片，图形，雕塑，建筑等。随着新兴技术为创造性表达和发行的新模式创造了机会，版权法被迫做出回应。那时，似乎奇怪的是，五十年前写的一篇法律评论文章（主要是关于书籍出版的）今天可能仍然具有关联性。考虑到它是在1976年版权法之前发布的，这一点尤其正确，因为它仍然是美国版权法的主要基础。然而，“版权的不安案例”对版权学者仍然具有持久的意义。