Will new information technology destroy copyright?

Abstract

New information technologies will destroy copyright as we currently know it. Once it is simple to send articles in image form anywhere on the Internet to one or many colleagues, people will begin doing it. No amount of litigation or intimidation will stop the practice, since it facilitates the use of information in a productive way. In addition, much that is now published by publishers will be published by authors on the various networks that will be available to them. Publishers must begin now to plan for a complete restructuring of the information economy.

Citation

Rosenberg, V. (1994), "Will new information technology destroy copyright?", The Electronic Library, Vol. 12 No. 5, pp. 285-287. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045305