The battle between Hollywood and Silicon Valley over copyright issues heated up recently as two bills in Congress generated attention. Each side has a point, but consumers would be better off if the battleground were the marketplace, not the political stage. How to protect intellectual property in a digital age is a question many are trying to answer. Technology makes music and movies increasingly easy to copy and transfer, yet somehow artists and those who help produce the works must be compensated.
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Digital Battleground: From Congress to the Marketplace
Posted by: Sonia Arrison July 2, 2004 08:18 AMThe battle between Hollywood and Silicon Valley over copyright issues heated up recently as two bills in Congress generated attention. Each side has a point, but consumers would be better off if the battleground were the marketplace, not the political stage. How to protect intellectual property in a digital age is a question many are trying to answer. Technology makes music and movies increasingly easy to copy and transfer, yet somehow artists and those who help produce the works must be compensated.