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This 5 page report discusses copyright and the Internet. As issues of ownership present themselves, the legalities and principles associated with intellectual properties have gained a greater level of notoriety and concern for all parties involved. The regulatory framework governing access information must also evolve to meet the electronic world's expanding needs and applications. The writer discusses laws that apply to copyrighting on the Internet, ways the materials are used and applicable regulations, and how an individual can protect his or her own intellectual property. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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of ownership present themselves, the legalities and principles associated with intellectual properties have gained a greater level of notoriety and concern for all parties involved - authors, researchers, developers, and
all other information users. For example, according to Shulman (1999) scientists are even patenting mathematical formulas, scientific laws and prime numbers. The Internet has undeniably changed the way people access
and use information. Now, the regulatory framework governing access information must also evolve to meet the electronic worlds expanding needs and applications. Shulman (1999) suggests that: "the world would
benefit from the creation of an intellectual equivalent of a national park, where knowledge would be shared freely" (pp.A64). St Lifer (1998) quotes
the U.S. Registrar of Copyrights, Marybeth Peters as saying: "I believe in the copyright system and in encouraging authorship. The Constitution says that Congress can grant authors exclusive rights to
their writings, but its purpose is to promote knowledge and education. I believe in granting authors exclusive rights. But you need to balance that with providing some exceptions whereby users
in appropriate circumstances neither have to request permission nor pay a fee" (pp. 42). Laws Applying to Copyrighting of Internet Materials In 1998,
Congress approved a number of meaningful pieces of legislation that address such issues as digital copyright protection, Internet taxes, content filtering and increasing the number of high-tech visas. According
to Weil (1998), the American Competitiveness Act allows the number of foreign high-tech H-1B work visas to be temporarily increased while the Digital Millennium Copyright Act deals with copyrights, relating
to stored and digitally transmitted material. Radcliffe (1999) adds that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, uses safe harbor terms to provide relief from monetary liability for certain common uses of
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