Indirect Liability for Copyright Infringement: Napster and Beyond
探讨了当个人利用第三方工具或服务进行版权侵权时，第三方应承担多大责任，并从经济学角度评估了现行法律体系。
When individuals infringe copyright, they often use tools, services, and venues provided by other parties. An enduring legal question asks to what extent those other parties should be held liable for the resulting infringement. For example, should a firm that produces photocopiers be required to compensate authors for any unauthorized copies made on that firm's machines? What about firms that manufacture personal computers or offer Internet access; should they be held liable, at least in part, for online music piracy? In this essay, we examine how modern copyright law addresses these questions and we evaluate the resulting system on economic grounds.