Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information

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This report examines the impact of recent and anticipated advances in communication and information technologies on the intellectual property system. It focuses primarily on the Federal copyright system, and on the continuing effectiveness of copyright law as a policy tool in the light of technologies such as audioand videorecorders, computer programs, electronic databases, and telecommunications networks.

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306 p: ill., maps; 28 cm.

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United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. April 1986.

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This report examines the impact of recent and anticipated advances in communication and information technologies on the intellectual property system. It focuses primarily on the Federal copyright system, and on the continuing effectiveness of copyright law as a policy tool in the light of technologies such as audioand videorecorders, computer programs, electronic databases, and telecommunications networks.

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306 p: ill., maps; 28 cm.

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United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information, report, April 1986; [Washington D.C.]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39611/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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