ISIL Freedom Network: United States > Introductions and FAQs > Intellectual Property

Why innovation can disarm the MP3 threat
Source: Pacific Research Institute
Author: Justin Matlick
Country: United States

Napster and other means of sharing music and video may weaken protections for intellectual property, but that will just spur the development of new business models for artists. (6/00)

Public disclosure of cigarette formula unconstitutional
Source: Defenders of Property Rights
Country: United States
E-mail: mail@yourpropertyrights.org

"On September 7, 2000, U.S. District Judge O’Toole permanently enjoined the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from enforcing a law that would have required tobacco companies to publicly disclose the formula for the tobacco products they manufacture." The specific formula for a product is intellectual property, and should be protected from government prying, the decision says. (10/18/00)

Courtney Love on intellectual property
Source: Salon Magazine
Country: United States

A rock diva defends Napster, et al., exposes the reality of the pop music world (pennies to creators and performers, millions to corporate labels and middlemen), and proclaims the need for new paradigms in protecting intellectual property.

The battle over Napster
Source: CFIF
Author: staff
Country: United States

"What supporters hail as a symbol of 'Generation Next' ingenuity and the 'freedom of the Internet' has ended in a landmark federal appeals court ruling that will have a dramatic effect on intellectual property rights and the sharing of music on the Internet."

The tension between free speech and copyright
Source: CFIF
Country: United States

"The ease of putting material on the Internet has generated a great number of legal stresses, including conflicts between intellectual property law and the First Amendment."

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