Hyde embraces the concept of "copyduty" along with copyright. A copyduty is an obligation voluntarily owed by an author or artist to the public or some segment thereof which may serve as an offset to that author or artist's copyright.

Search opens up creations. It promotes the civic nature of publishing. Having searchable works is good for culture. It is so good, in fact, that we can now state a new covenant: Copyrights must be counterbalanced by copyduties. In exchange for public protection of a work's copies (what we call copyright), a creator has an obligation to allow that work to be searched.

This all may suggest a very different future for the law of copyright. We may well see the day when our students are taught not of "copyright" but of "copyduty" — the legal duty of copyright holders to assure public access.