In this 77th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview law professor Brian Frye on “Justifications for Intellectual Property and Copyright Law.”
Brian is the host of The Bindle on WRFL 88.1 FM and is the Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky’s College of Law. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Berkeley and then went on to earn his MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute. After that, he earned his JD at NYU’s School of Law. He has also recently launched a law podcast called Ipse Dixit. Subscribe to it too!
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(1 hr 10 mins)
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Notes
- Brian’s law podcast, Ipse Dixit. Check it out!
- A (Very Brief) History of Experimental Cinema.
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- U.S. Copyright Office.
- Renfro & Jackson, the Elephant Game .
You Tell Me!
For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, Brian asked the following question in this episode:
“Why do you think that copyright protection is justified, if it is at all?”
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