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Protecting Intellectual Property Rights on the Internet
Issue Summary
The issue of protecting copy written material on the Internet has been an issue of great debate lately as the technology to copy and distribute copy written material becomes more prevalent and easy to use. On the pro side there is the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights, they contend that copyright laws need to be strengthened because computer networks make it fast and easy to copy and distribute copyrighted material. They maintain that if intellectual property rights are not updated many content providers will find it economically unfeasible to publish information online. James Boyle offers the opposite view for the con side, insisting that proposed copyright laws meant to protect intellectual property on the Internet will unfairly limit the legitimate use of information by Internet users. He contends that overly restrictive intellectual property laws will prevent people from distributing......

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