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Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information April 1986 NTIS order #PB87-100301 Recommended Citation: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, lntellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information, OTA-CIT-302 (Washington, DC: U.S. Govern- ment Printing office, April 1986). Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 86-600522 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 Foreword This report examines the impact of recent and anticipated advances in com- munication and information technologies on the intellectual property system. It focuses primarily on the Federal copyright system, and on the continuing effec- tiveness of copyright law as a policy tool in the light of technologies such as audio- and videorecorders, computer programs, electronic databases, and telecommuni- cations networks. To obtain a comprehensive view, the study examined the intel- lectual property system from a number of perspectives: the constitutional basis of intellectual property policy; the system’s goals, laws, and economics; the crea- tive environment; problems of enforcement; the international context; and the Fed- eral role in administering intellectual property rights. OTA found that technological developments are affecting all aspects of the intellectual property system. Moreover, because we are only beginning to move into the era of electronic information, the full impact of new technologies will not become fully apparent for some time. Fundamental changes are occurring in in- formation technologies that will antiquate many of the policy mechanisms now in force, and bring new intellectual property problems requiring new solutions. Thus, even if Congress acts now in response to current problems, it will need to be prepared to act again within the next decade. The report was requested by Senator Charles McC Mathias, Jr., Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks; and by Congressman Peter W. Rodino, Jr., Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Robert W. Kastenmeier, Chairman of the Sub- committee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice, Congress- man Hamilton Fish, and Congressman Carlos Moorhead. In preparing this report, OTA has drawn on working papers developed by OTA staff and contractors, the comments of participants at seven OTA work- shops held to discuss issues, the results of two public opinion surveys conducted by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, and conversations between OTA staff and over 130 interested individuals. Drafts of the report were reviewed by the OTA advi- sory panel, officials from the Copyright Office, the Patent and Trademark Office, the Library of Congress, the Department of Commerce, the Department of State, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and a broad range of individuals from law firms, public interest groups, trade associations, private industry, and academia. OTA appreciates the participation of the advisory panelists, workshop par- ticipants, Federal agency officials, and interested citizens, without whose help this report would not have been possible. The report itself, however, is the sole responsibility of OTA, not of those who ably advised and assisted us in its prep- aration. Director ,.. {II Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information Advisory Panel Paul Goldstein, Chairman Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, Stanford University Jon Baumgarten Dorothy Nelkin Partner Professor of Sociology Paskus, Gordon & Hyman Cornell University Charles Benton James Nelson President of the Board State Librarian and Commissioner Benton Foundation Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Stanley Besen Economist John Shattuck Rand Corp. Vice President for Government Community and Public Affairs Honorable Stephen Breyer Harvard University Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals Oliver Smoot Stan Cornyn Executive Vice President Senior Vice President Computer and Business Equipment Warner Records Manufacturers Association Oswald Ganley Patricia Sturdivant Professor and Executive Director Associate Superintendent Program on Information Resources Policy Houston Independent School District Harvard University Sherry Turkle Gustave Hauser Associate Professor of Sociology Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hauser Communications, Inc. Jack Valenti Mitchell Kapor President President Motion Picture Association of America, Lotus Corp. Inc. Robert Lekachman Vivian Weil Professor of Economics Senior Research Associate Lehman College Illinois Institute of Technology William Lilley, III Martha Williams Vice President for Corporate Affairs Professor of Information Science CBS, Inc. University of Illinois George Minot Senior Vice President CompuServ, Inc. The Advisory Panel provided advice and constructive criticism throughout this project. The panel does not, however, necessarily approve, disapprove, or endorse this report. OTA assumes full responsibility for the report and the accuracy of its contents. iv —. Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information Assessment Staff John Andelin, Assistant Director, OTA Science, Information, and Natural Resources Division Fred W. Weingarten, Program Manager Communication and Information Technologies Program Project Staff D. Linda Garcia, Project Director Conceptual Framework and Societal Analysis Lauren Ackerman International and Institutional Analysis Earl Dowdy Technology and Economic Analysis Paul Goldwhite Summer Intern Robert Kost Legal Analysis Arati Prabhakar Congressional Fellow Linda G. Roberts Analysis of Creative Environment and Public Outreach Activities Susan Walton Contractor, Editorial Assistance Administrative Staff Liz Emanuel Audrey Newman Shirley Gayheart* Renee Lloyd Patricia Keville Contractors and Consultants James Beniger Patricia Martin Department of Sociology Christopher Burns, Inc. Princeton University L. Ray Patterson Cliff Berg School of Law National Academy of Public Emory University Administration W. Curtiss Priest Stanley Besen Center for Policy Alternatives Rand Corp. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Anne Wells Branscomb Carroll Pursell Attorney Professor of History University of California, Santa Barbara Deborah Buckner Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Inc. David Richardson Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Inc. Christopher Burns Christopher Burns, Inc. David Schetter Irvine Research Corp. Herbert Dordick Department of Communications A. Allan Schmid Temple University Department of Agricultural Economics Michigan State University Jose-Marie Griffiths King Research, Inc. Harold Seidman National Academy of Public Roland Hornet Administration Communications Law and Policy Consultants Petra Shattuck Department of Political Science Donald King City University of New York King Research, Inc. Richard Solomon Kenneth L. Kraemer Massachusetts Institute of Technology Irvine Research Corp. Jane Yurow Leslie King Jane Yurow Associates Irvine Research Corp. vi Legal Workshop Participants Eric Smith Robert Worsing Partner Vice President for Corporate Security Roy Freed Paskus, Gordon & Hyman Control Data Corp. Partner Raymond Weisbond Display, Printing, and Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, Counsel Counselors at Law Warner Communications, Inc. Reprographic Technologies Leon Friedman Workshop Participants Attorney Technologies for Information Ifay Chang Morton Goldberg Creation Workshop Participants Manager of Exploratory:. Display Partner Ronald Erickson Technology Schwab, Goldberg, Price & Dannay Educational and Technical Advisor T.J. Watson Research Center Paul Goldstein Museum of Holography IBM Corp. Professor of Law Robert Ewald Richard Green Stanford University. Director of Education Industries Senior Vice President Henry Jones, I I I (Universities) Broadcast operations and General Counsel Cray Research, Inc. Engineering Public Broadcasting Service Ashton-Tate Harold Hosack Irwin Karp Project Director of the CCD Imager Edward McIrvine General Counsel and Camera Project Manager, R&D Planning Authors League Texas Instruments, Inc. Corporate Research Group Xerox Corp. Michael Keplinger Michael Kowalski Attorney Advisor Writer and Freelance Computer Melvin Prueitt Office of Legislative and Programmer Los Alamos National Laboratory International Affairs Post Industrial Productions, Inc. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Information Technology and Steve Mayer Its Impact on the Creative John Lautsch Chairman Chairman Take One Partners Process Workshop Participants ABA Computer Law Division Mark Schubin Theodore Bikel Arthur Levine Freelance Technological Consultant Actor and President Emeritus Actors Equity Partner Jim St. Lawrence Levine, Lupo & Lippman Producer in Residence and Director Milton Glaser Sue Martin of the Interactive Technologies Graphic Artist Chairperson of Copyright Committee Laboratory Richard Green American Library Association New York Institute of Technology Musician Director of Milton S. Eisenhower Library Information Storage and Joyce Hakansson Johns Hopkins University Database Technologies President Hakansson Associates Christopher Meyer Workshop Participants Senior Attorney James Hammerstein Copyright office Larry Bernstein Stage Director Library of Congress Director Diagnostic Operations Systems David McCune Melville Nimmer Laboratory Writer, Software Designer, and Professor of Law AT&T Bell Labs President UCLA Law School The Proteus Group, Inc. Robert Castrignano Ron Palenski Vice
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