Copyright protection impossible on Web. (IT News).
Copyright owners have to accept that it may not be possible to
protect their intellectual property rights on the Internet in the
future. The warning comes from the World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPO World Intellectual Piracy Organization (satire website)
WIPO Write in Poll Option
WIPO Wing Information Protection Office (USAF) ) who concede that, "No matter how ingenious in·gen·ious
adj.
1. Marked by inventive skill and imagination.
2. Having or arising from an inventive or cunning mind; clever: an ingenious scheme. See Synonyms at clever.
3. the
technology used to protect works against unauthorised use, equally
ingenious ways may be developed to circumvent cir·cum·vent
tr.v. cir·cum·vent·ed, cir·cum·vent·ing, cir·cum·vents
1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.
2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city. it." Commenting on
the popularity of MP3.com and Napster, British programmer Ian Clarke Ian Clarke may refer to: - Ian Clarke (computer scientist)
- Ian Clarke (musician)
- Ian Clarke (rugby player) (1931-1997), New Zealand rugby union player
- Ian Clarke (Musician, writer, golfer, part time ferret breeder and racanteur) see www.grittersgolf.com/tourmembers
who
designed the software utility Freenet, echoed WIPO's fears and
advises businesses to accept that copyright protection is no longer
possible. He says: "I have two words for these companies:
'give up', there is no way they are going to stop these
technologies. They are trying to plug holes in a dam that is about to
burst." These comments are amongst several views that appear in a
forthcoming book called Caught in a Web, Intellectual Property in
Cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. by Derwent Information that looks at the intellectual
property minefield on the web. A chapter of the book on copyright issues
is previewed on the Internet at www.ipmatters.net/webcaught/intro.html
and net users are invited to post their views on the topic in an on-line
forum.
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