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The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age
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The revolution in information technology is changing access to infor- mation in fundamental ways. Increasing amounts of information are available in digital form; networks interconnect computers around the globe; and the World Wide Web provides a framework for access to a vast array of information, from favorite family recipes and newspaper articles to scholarly treatises and music, all available at the click of a mouse. Yet the same technologies that provide vastly enhanced access also raise difficult fundamental issues concerning intellectual property, because the technology that makes access so easy also greatly aids copying—both legal and illegal. As a result, many of the intellectual property rules and practices that evolved in the world of physical artifacts do not work well in the digital environment. The issues associated with computerization are also amplified by the rise of the Internet and broader and more pervasive networking. These are the issues that inspired The Digital Dilemma.
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS - Organizational Body
0-309-51858-X
NONE
Information Technology
English
2002
1-365
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