Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
Avoision describes conduct which seeks to exploit 'the differences between a law's goals and its self-defined limits' – a phenomenon particularly apparent in tax law. This short paper explains how the technology company Aereo utilised avoision strategies in an attempt to design its way out of liability under US copyright law. The authors argue that existing formulations encourage such strategies by applying differently depending on how the transaction is structured, resulting in a wasteful devotion of resources to hyper-technical compliance with the letter rather than meaning and purpose of the law.?
Disciplines
Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law | Intellectual Property Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Rebecca Giblin & Jane C. Ginsburg,
On Aereo and "Avoision",
32(4)
Copyright Rep.
14
(2014).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/1910