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Project looking forward : sketching the future of copyright in a networked world : final report, May 1998
Title:
Project looking forward : sketching the future of copyright in a networked world : final report, May 1998
Author:
Hardy, I. Trotter.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
[Washington, D.C.] : The Office, 1998.
Physical Description:
304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
General Note:
Shipping list no.: 98-355-P.
Language:
English
Contents:
Executive summary --What is the Internet? -- Technologies relevant to copyright -- Three patterns of copyright and technology -- Copyright in a rapidly changing environment -- 1. Introduction -- Methodology -- 2. How the Internet works today -- Mechanics of switching -- Internet geography -- Internet switching technology -- User capabilities -- Who pays for the Internet? -- How big is the Internet? -- 3. How the Internet will work tomorrow -- Mechanics -- Players and organizations -- User capabilities -- 4. Today's legal issues -- Web posting -- Caching -- RAM copies --Intermediaries' liability -- Wide-spread copying -- Digital registration and deposit --5. Tomorrow's issues Technology and new issues -- "Pure" copyright issues -- Copyright and other laws -- 6. Analysis Three patterns of copyright and new technology -- History and analysis of the three patterns -- Copyright in a rapidly changing environment -- 7. Conclusion -- 8. Appendices -- People interviewed -- Presentations -- Glossary.
Format :
Book