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Music on the menu - and on the bill

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Music on the menu - and on the bill

Digital media threaten to upset the contract between copyright holders and the public

Published: February 7 2001 18:25GMT | Last Updated: February 7 2001 18:32GMT

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Until now, the internet has seriously disturbed the social compact over copyright: by removing all the old practical barriers to copying, it has risked rendering private property meaningless, threatening creative output. But in the future it risks the opposite result: technology could give copyright owners a stranglehold over content, stifling the free flow of information so central to the vitality of the internet and the vibrancy of democracy.

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