3. Intellectual Property

Sara Baase, Protecting Software and Other Intellectual Property

  1. What is the reasoning behind the establishment of copyright in the US Constitution?  What rights does it confer? [Daniel Jahn]

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What rights do patents confer? How do they differ from copyrights? [Kristin Jongsma]

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What is "fair use"? How does one decide if copying is fair use? [Len Krygsman]

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What approaches to reducing copyright infringement has the industry tried?  What are the latest means in use? [Carl McQueen]

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Explain why David LaMacchia of MIT, who ran a bulletin board for downloading copyright software, was not convicted. [Corrin Meyer]

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What does the author foresee as the future of copyright/intellectual property protection in cyberspace? [Ryan Holt]