Copyright & Intellectual Property Discuss: How has technology been the main driv
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Copyright & Intellectual Property
Discuss: How has technology been the main driver of the development of copyright law; what is the tension between intellectual property protection and innovation?
Is the medium (digital, spoken, printed) through which we communicate subject to different laws than another? Why or why not? Do you think that copyright (and other cyberlaws) lag behind the fast-paced new developments of technology?
Check out the text of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 http://copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf --- how has this effected online content and what laws/regulations are more current?
You may also want to refer to OCILLA the Online Copyright Infringement Limited Liability Act which was passed as part of the DMCA as well.
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Subject: Information Policy