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Some future copyright schemas discussed by intellectual property lawyers. Some of their possibilities:
- Primarily a criminal regime (remember when copyright was considered civil law?)
- Focused on control of the design of hardware & software (in the model of the Broadcast Flag) to prevent infringement ex ante
- A regime dedicated to preserving the retail market and revenue streams for 4 discs: (CDs, DVDs, Software CDs, and Video-Game CDs), having given up on nearly everything else
- Made in WIPO or the FCC as often as the U.S. Congress
- Gone (not a good bet).
Of the five options, I'm more inclined to think that option #1 is the way that Congress and others are heading.
Posted by Casper at August 6, 2004 03:03 AM