Check out a policy and legal analysis I put together last year that evaluates the following: 1. current copyright doctrine,
2. how it is out of step with its constitutional origins and justifications (i.e., the provisions set forth in Article 1, Sec. 8 of the U.S. Constitution: promoting the "Progress of Science and useful Arts" and securing for "limited Times" the monopoly a copyright owner enjoys over his or her work before it enters the public domain), as well as
3. current "copynorms," and whether the Creative Commons licensing framework is a viable solution towards bridging that gap.
There is no wealth like knowledge,
and no poverty like ignorance.