The digital dilemma : intellectual property in the information age / Committee on Intellectual Property Rights and the Emerging Information Infrastructure, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Intellectual Property Rights and the Emerging Information Infrastructure.

National Research Council (U.S.). Computer Science and Telecommunications Board.

National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property--United States.

Intellectual property.

Copyright and electronic data processing--United States.

Copyright and electronic data processing.

Information superhighway--Law and legislation--United States.

Information superhighway.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Imagine sending a magazine article to 10 friends-making photocopies, putting them in envelopes, adding postage, and mailing them. Now consider how much easier it is to send that article to those 10 friends as an attachment to e-mail. Or to post the article on your own site on the World Wide Web. The ease of modifying or copying digitized material and the proliferation of computer networking have raised fundamental questions about copyright and patent--intellectual property protections rooted in the U.S. Constitution. Hailed for quick and convenient access to a world of material, the Internet also poses serious economic issues for those who create and market that material. If people can so easily send music on the Internet for free, for example, who will pay for music? This book presents the multiple facets of digitized intellectual property, defining terms, identifying key issues, and exploring alternatives. It follows the complex threads of law, business, incentives to creators, the American tradition of access to information, the international context, and the nature of human behavior. Technology is explored for its ability to transfer content and its potential to protect intellectual property rights. The book proposes research and policy recommendations as well as principles for policymaking.

Contents:

Front Matter

Preface

Acknowledgment of Reviewers

Contents

Executive Summary

1 The Emergence of the Digital Dilemma

2 Music: Intellectual Property's Canary in the Digital Coal Mine

3 Public Access to the Intellectual, Cultural, and Social Record

4 Individual Behavior, Private Use and Fair Use, and the System for Copyright

5 Protecting Digital Intellectual Property: Means and Measurements

6 Conclusions and Recommendations

Bibliography

APPENDIX C Networks: How the Internet Works

APPENDIX D Information Economics: A Primer

APPENDIX E Technologies for Intellectual Property Protection

APPENDIX F Copyright Education

APPENDIX G The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 and Circumvention of Technological Protection Measures

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-249) and index.

ISBN:

978058522353X

9780309172912

0309172918

9780309518581

030951858X

9780585223537

058522353X

OCLC:

44955007