Question 1. What is intellectual property? Give 5 examples of intellectual property.
Question 2. What does the term "digital rights management" mean? Describe three different technologies that have been used or proposed for digital rights management.
Question 3. Why are patents considered an unreliable way of protecting intellectual property rights in software?
Question 4. Suppose company A wants to develop a program that duplicates the functionality of a program made by company B. Describe how company A may do this without violating the copyrights held by company B.
Question 5. Suppose your band has recorded a song and posted it as an MP3 file on your Web site. How can you allow people to download your music for noncommercial purposes while retaining your copyright on the song?