Intellectual Property in the Age of Universal Access

 A Collection of articles from leading authorities defines and interprets the emerging technologies and the laws they instigate. An invaluable resource for today's legal professionals, business managers, and IT practitioners.
 
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Intellectual Property in the Age of Universal Access
An invaluable reference for today's intellectual property lawyer, business manager, or information technology practitioner, Intellectual Property in the Age of Universal Access is a compendium of seventeen articles written by some of the most influential figures in IP law and IT.
 
 In an age where content and content-providers are becoming more and more important to many businesses, it's important to stay on top of the most current trends and policies in intellectual property.
 
 This volume not only contains up-to-date information and analysis of those trends and policies, but also vital information about the technology that fuels them.
 
A sample of topics covered in this unique guide:
  • Trademark disputes
  • E-Commerce laws and long-arm jurisdictions
  • The Communications Decency Act
  • The practical legalities of software reverse
    engineering
  • Encoding the law of digital libraries
  • Privacy considerations
  • Look-and-feel and fair use lawsuits
  • Cryptography's role in securing information
  • Does information really need to be licensed?
  • Embedding technical self-help in licensed software
  • Digital signatures, digital cash
  • Digital Millennium Copyright Act
  • Database protection

    • "The Internet has opened up unprecedented new opportunities. But it is also blamed for pornography, bomb-making recipes, hate-group literature, the Littleton massacre, spamming, and fraud."

    - Peter G. Neumann

     
     "Unless developers construct digital library systems in a manner that respects the public policies of the jurisdiction in which they operate, they will most likely find themselves regulated by law whether they like it or not."

    - Pamela Samuelson

     
     
     
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