Intellectual Property Rights and the Information Commons

This chapter contains sections titled: Dispelling the “Intellectual Property” Myths, Expanding Copyrights Threaten Traditional Rights, Anti-Circumvention Laws to Enforce Technical Restrictions, Shrinking Private Copying Rights, Liability of Innocent Third Parties, Database Rights: Exclusive Ownership of Facts and Information, Severe Enforcement of Intellectual Property Laws, Copyright Term Extensions, New Broadcasters' Rights, “Maximalist” U.S. Agenda Exported Overseas, Communication Rights for an Information Age, Conclusion: Communication Rights Are Human Rights in an Information Society,