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Research on intellectual property right problems of peer‐to‐peer networks

Ying Dong (Ying Dong is a Visiting Student at the Division of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.)
Mingshu Li (Mingshu Li is Vice Director at the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PRC.)
Meizhang Chen (Meizhang Chen is a Director at the Intellectual Property Research Center of Peking University, Peking University, Beijing, PRC.)
Shengli Zheng (Shengli Zheng is a Directors at the Intellectual Property Research Center of Peking University, Peking University, Beijing, PRC.)

The Electronic Library

ISSN: 0264-0473

Article publication date: 1 April 2002

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Abstract

The Napster case has drawn enormous attention to digital intellectual property right problems of online file swapping. These peer‐to‐peer network technologies represent a powerful new paradigm for networking. In this paper, we try to figure out the intellectual property right problems of peer‐to‐peer network, in order to deal with potential digital piracy to avoid similar litigation. If libraries can embrace peer‐to‐peer technologies into their own services, they will possibly develop new service models, or improve existing ones.

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Dong, Y., Li, M., Chen, M. and Zheng, S. (2002), "Research on intellectual property right problems of peer‐to‐peer networks", The Electronic Library, Vol. 20 No. 2, pp. 143-150. https://doi.org/10.1108/02640470210424482

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