Relevant article from a legal scholar: "Why Sell What You Can License? Contracting Around Statutory Protection of Intellectual Property" by Elizabeth I. Winsto

Relevant article from a legal scholar: "Why Sell What You Can License? Contracting Around Statutory Protection of Intellectual Property" by Elizabeth I. Winston, George Mason Law Review, Vol. 14. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=925995 https://ssrn.com/abstract=925995 > "Historically, the transfer of goods has been through sale, a model regulated by public legislation. Increasingly, however, the transfer of goods is occurring through licensing, a model regulated by private legislation. Privately-legislated licenses - for such chattels as musical and written works and agricultural goods - are being used to circumvent publicly-legislated restrictions on intellectual property."