Michael W. Carroll is an American professor of law and director of the Information Justice and Intellectual Property Program at Washington College of Law, American University . Carroll is one of the founders and board members of Creative Commons , a nonprofit organization created to expand the range of creative work available for editing and distribution. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Public Library of Science and served on the board for researching data and information from the US National Academy of Sciences from 2008 to 2013.
| Michael Carroll | |
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| English Michael W. Carroll | |
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| Date of Birth | |
| A country |  USA |
| Scientific field | right |
| Place of work | American University , Creative Commons |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago , Georgetown University School of Law |
| Academic degree | doctor of law |
| Academic rank | Professor |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Works
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Carroll received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Chicago and a doctorate in law from Georgetown University School of Law . While studying at law school, he was the chief editor of the American Criminal Law Review .
After law school, Carroll spent about a year at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr . Carroll was subsequently clerk of District Judge Joyce Hens Green and Judge of the District of Columbia Judith W. Rogers. He later returned to Wilmer and practiced intellectual property and e-commerce . He began his teaching career in 2001 at the Law School of Villanova University .
Prior to law school, he taught at a high school in Hwang , Zimbabwe , and worked at Northeastern University to assist with elections in Africa .
Carroll's research work focuses on intellectual property law and e-commerce law. Carroll is also an active proponent of open access to peer-reviewed scientific periodicals, and he has written and lectured on this subject. He is the founder of the Coalition of Academic Resources and Scientific Publications. He is currently on the advisory board for the National Security Act [1] .
Works
- Creative Commons as Conversational Copyright , (Peter Yu, ed., Praeger 2007).
- Fixing Fair Use , 85 NCL Rev. 1087 (2007).
- Patent Injunctions and the Problem of Uniformity Cost , 13 Mich. Telecommunication. & Tech. L. Rev. 421 (2007).
- Creative Commons and the New Intermediaries , Mich. St. L. Rev. (2006).
- The Movement for Open Access Law , 10 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 741 (2006).
- One for All: The Problem of Uniformity Cost in Intellectual Property Law , 15 Am. UL Rev. 845 (2006).
- The Struggle for Music Copyright , 57 Fla. L. Rev. 907 (2005).
- Whose Music Is It Anyway ?: How We Came To View Musical Expression As A Form Of Property , 72 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1405 (2004).
- A Primer on US Intellectual Property Rights Applicable to Music Information Retrieval Systems , U. Ill. JL Tech. & Pol'y (2003).
- Disruptive Technology and Common Law Lawmaking: A Brief Analysis of A&M Records , Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 9 Vill. Sports & Ent. LJ 5 (2002).
- Garbage In: Emerging Media and Regulation of Unsolicited Commercial Solicitations , Berkeley Tech. LJ 11.2 (1996).
Notes
- ↑ National Security Law Brief . American University Washington College of Law.