<s>
The	O
Durationator	B-Application
is	O
a	O
copyright	O
tool	O
developed	O
at	O
Tulane	O
Law	O
School	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Elizabeth	O
Townsend	O
Gard	O
and	O
her	O
team	O
of	O
law	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Durationator	B-Application
takes	O
research	O
done	O
at	O
the	O
law	O
school	O
and	O
transforms	O
it	O
into	O
code	O
using	O
what	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
accessible	O
tool	O
,	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
copyright	O
status	O
of	O
a	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Durationator	B-Application
began	O
as	O
an	O
idea	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
when	O
Matt	O
Miller	O
,	O
then	O
a	O
2L	O
law	O
student	O
with	O
previous	O
coding	B-General_Concept
experience	O
,	O
applied	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
research	O
assistant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
both	O
the	O
initial	O
"	O
logic	O
engine	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
Durationator	B-Application
code	O
and	O
a	O
prototype	O
of	O
the	O
legal	O
framework	O
were	O
developed	O
that	O
summer	O
,	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
researching	O
worldwide	O
laws	O
and	O
reducing	O
those	O
laws	O
to	O
a	O
finite	O
number	O
of	O
questions	O
with	O
discrete	O
answers	O
took	O
ten	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Durationator	B-Application
has	O
been	O
indirectly	O
cited	O
by	O
U.S.	O
Justice	O
Stephen	O
Breyer	O
in	O
Golan	O
v	O
.	O
Holder	O
,	O
referencing	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
copyright	O
law	O
and	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
code	O
to	O
sort	O
it	O
out	O
.	O
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