Code as code, or the end of intellectual property as we know it
Abstract
In this article two potential substitutes for the copyright regime will be described: contract law and information technology. The combination of both instruments poses a direct threat to the copyright system, as we know it. Contract and ‘code’ combined have the capability of making copyright and its set of statutory limitations largely redundant, and may require an entire new body of information law to safeguard the public domain.
Intellectuele eigendom
Bibtex
Article{nokey,
title = {Code as code, or the end of intellectual property as we know it},
author = {Hugenholtz, P.},
url = {http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/maastricht.pdf},
year = {0907},
date = {1999-09-07},
journal = {Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law},
volume = {6},
number = {3},
pages = {308-318},
abstract = {In this article two potential substitutes for the copyright regime will be described: contract law and information technology. The combination of both instruments poses a direct threat to the copyright system, as we know it. Contract and ‘code’ combined have the capability of making copyright and its set of statutory limitations largely redundant, and may require an entire new body of information law to safeguard the public domain.},
keywords = {Intellectuele eigendom},
}