[FYI] Art & Commerce in the Digital Decade

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

http://www.microsoft.com/issues/essays/2002/06-03digitalrights.asp

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Art & Commerce in the Digital Decade  

Protecting intellectual property will take cooperation and innovation 

Posted June 3, 2002  

The brief but dramatic history of Napster and other file-sharing 
services underscores an important legal and policy challenge posed by 
the Internet: how to protect intellectual property in the digital 
age.  

At stake is the continued growth of the digital economy. Copyright 
holders—authors, musicians, filmmakers, software developers and 
others—will be able to take full advantage of the Internet as a 
powerful distribution channel only if their creations are 
appropriately protected.  

The recording industry and movie studios, understandably concerned 
about the implications of file sharing, have been pressing Congress 
to act. A bill now before the U.S. Senate could result in the 
government selecting a specific anti-piracy technology and mandating 
its use in personal computers and other digital devices.  

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