“Rights” and controls over access and uses of digital information
nCopyright
nContracts or Licenses
nTechnological controls
nOther “rights” and or controls including privacy, right of publicity
Many things called “rights” – at CDL, we decided to concentrate on Copyright; felt that in today’s environment and with current law, recording of data to support copyright analysis was key. Also, other working taking place around license metadata.

“Rights” –Wesley N. Hohfeld (1919)  Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial  Reasoning

1.Duty (P duty Q not X)
2.Negative duty as well as positive requirement (rights to active assistance as well as negative freedom
3.Ability of power (power of individual to alter existing legal arrangements
4.An immunity from legal change (not only rihgt as power but also lack of power)

Ronald Dworkin—(1984) Rights as Trumps