Should Intellectual Property be protected on the internet?
Intellectual Property Rights have pros, as well as cons associated with them, particularly in the area of the internet. Now the internet was originally developed to encourage the spread of information, however many would argue that Intellectual Property Rights prevents that. So, I feel that Intellectual Property should be protected only if the creator or owner wishes it so. Essentially as a artist myself, I am a strong supporter of the Free Culture Movement, including Creative Commons, Open Source Software, and other things of the like. However, I do feel that if someone wishes to protect their works on the internet, they should have the right and ability to do so, with little effort.
Many countries do not support intellectual property laws as the U.S. does, and in these cases it is my feeling that any person should have the right to protect his or her works on the internet, and the U.S. should respect that right, regardless of the publishers location. But this becomes a very difficult issue, as enforcing these rights has become one of the most difficult tasks launched on the internet community. This is especially true of countries outside of America, were we have no jurisdiction, the current system will require a lot of improvement to fully address this. I do feel that people should respect each other’s natural rights, whether in the U.S. or not, but I don’t think we have much right to instill our ideals on others. This seems to be a common idea, as there was never a full resolution with this issue when many countries attempted to resolve it with a treaty in Geneva in 1996, but there is still no consensus.
Posted by Chris | 5 comments
Maya Bailey
Most countries in the third world never respects intellectual property rights. piracy is so rampant in asian countries…-
admin
You would be surprised, Asian countries are actually not the leaders in piracy, more so in areas of Europe and South America, America has there fare share as well. Check out this video giving another perspective on IP and how it relates to the Fashion Industry. Maybe we are actually stifling innovation
Olivia Smith
there are so many intellectual property and copyright violations these days,**
Shower Screen `
intellectual property is not observed by poor countries in the third world, in fact they like piracy-*.
Bath Screens %0B
in China, they do not respect intellectual property at all. too many software and movie pirates out there “*~