How valid are Copyrights and intellectual property protections? A great debate is underway about the place of copyrights and other intellectual property protections when the Internet allows access to "everything." The Open movement has provided some tools that authors and creators may use to identify how their works may be used. Traditional copyrights and intellectual property protections aim to protect the owner and provide the owner with a financial reward. However, the effect is that these protections serve to limit the free access to information and intellectual property protections are used to impose secrecy and to prevent or restrict the dissemination of knowledge.
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Given this state of affairs, would you change Copyright and intellectual property protections? Why or why not?
How would you change Copyrights and intellectual property laws?
These laws have the potential to break a start-up. Does the Open movement have the answers?