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This 8 page paper considers the statement that the expansion of the internet will make the law of intellectual property redundant. The paper looks at how this may be argues as being the case and how and why the protection may also be seen as increasing. The paper looks at the law from a range of countries, including the UK, the US and Australia and the international perspective. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
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File: TS14_TEIPredund.rtf
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contact, and resulting trade, this is also a potentially hazardous legal minefield. There are many dangers, which have received a great deal of attention, such as e-commerce. However, there are
also other areas, such the intellectual property, where it may be argued the presence of the internet will make the law redundant.
For intellectual property we can argue this for the contents of the web and also intellectual property that can be pirated, copied, and then proliferated on the web. The first
stage is to define what we mean by intellectual property. Intellectual property is one of the difficult areas as even the definition of intellectual property can be subject to interpretation
(Denham, 1994). The concept of intellectual property in the law is relatively new, but its commercial importance in the business world as an asset is becoming more apparent, and
as such the valuation of this asset as seen and treated under the law is receiving an increase in attention in order to be able to deal with the cases
that are yet to come (Melia, 1993). The problem with any intangible asset is in its valuation, as this can be often
miscalculated due to the nature of the property as it is wide ranging and can be vague to determine (Melia, 1993). Intellectual property can be items such as computer programmes
and software, biotechnology brand names, trade marks and copyrights to name but a few (Melia, 1993). Companies such as Walt Disney and
Microsoft will immediately be recognised as having large intellectual property holdings (Melia, 1993). However, smaller interests, such as writers and artists may also have intellectual property rights which are not
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