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A 6 page paper which defines intellectual property and examines why it is more important that ever before to protect rights in the digital environment of today’s business world. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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power called an idea... ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to
have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density at any point, and like the air in
which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation. Inventions then cannot, in nature, be a subject of property" (Gross, 2002, pp. 193-194).
But this statement was made long before digital technology would invade every aspect of life and property. What has been labeled as intellectual property is a creation of intellect
that has some kind of popular commercial value, whether it is art, literature, music, film, business methods, or business practices. Through photo advertisements and television commercials, the public becomes
familiar with names like McDonalds and Nike without realizing these are trade names and represent what is known as "intellectual property" (Crawford, 1999, p. 26). The laws and policies
governing intellectual property "determine the extent of dissemination of information and ease of access to knowledge" (Drake, 2005, p. 21). With digital technology looming ever larger on the international
business landscape, it is incumbent to produce and protect intellectual property rights more than ever before. Intellectual property rights are hardly a new consideration. In fact, it is
actually addressed by Americas Founding Fathers in Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 in the US Constitution, which states that "[Congress shall have Power]... To promote the Progress of Science
and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries" (Quoted in Vile, 1997, p. 48). This emphasized
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