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Project looking forward : sketching the future of copyright in a networked world : final report, May 1998
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Project looking forward : sketching the future of copyright in a networked world : final report, May 1998 / prepared for the U.S. Copyright Office by I. Trotter Hardy.
Published
[Washington, D.C.] : The Office, 1998.
Physical Description
304 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Partial 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
Subjects
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Library of Congress. Copyright Office.
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