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Data and Information as Property
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posted on 2023-05-25, 23:29 authored by Holmes, WNThis essay reviews the history and nature of copyright and patent law and its application to digital technology, explaining that copyright relates to data and patents to information, traditionally industrial information. Some implications of the effects on intellectual property law of the enlargement of digital technology are canvassed.
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ComputerVolume
37Article number
5Number
5Pagination
92, 90-91ISSN
0018-9162Publication status
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