Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Creation Myths, March 2003; pp. 30-38.
"During the last decade, the captains of many industries--music, movies, publishing, software, pharmaceuticals--have railed against the 'piracy' of their profits. Copyright and patent protections have been breached by new technologies that quickly copy and distribute their products to mass markets. And as quickly as a producer figures a way to encrypt a DVD or software program to prevent duplication, some hacker in Seattle, Reykjavik, or Manila figures a way around it." (REASON) This article examines ways in which society "has tried to squelch the threat" of intellectual property theft.
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Competition Copyright infringement Economic development Intellectual property Myths Patents Right of property Technological innovations