Copyright in a networked world: ethics and infringement
Michael Seadle
(Editor of Library Hi Tech and Copyright Librarian and Assistant Director for Systems and Digital Services, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA)
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Abstract
The statutes themselves are not the only basis for deciding whether an intellectual property rights infringement has occurred. Ethical judgments can also influence judicial rulings. This column looks at three issues of intellectual property ethics: the nature of the property, written guidelines for behavior, and enforcement mechanisms. For most active infringers digital property seems unreal, the rules ambiguous, and the enforcement statistically unlikely.
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Citation
Seadle, M. (2004), "Copyright in a networked world: ethics and infringement", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 22 No. 1, pp. 106-110. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830410524620
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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