Intellectual property issues such as copyrights, patents, trademarks,
peer to peer networks, sampling and digital rights technology have a
profound impact on many aspects of society. Interbeing provides links
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Incredible Analysis of INDUCE Bill
The battles being fought now over intellectual property issues will have a profound impact beyond whether we can download Shrek 5 for free on eMule. The continuing expansion of the legal definition of property will profoundly affect scientific research, the price and availability of medications and the control and distribution of virtually every new technology.
Ernest Miller has posted a
brilliant analysis of the INDUCE act, which would make it illegal to provide technology that could encourage people to make unauthorized copies of copyrighted material.