New licensing methods will be possible, such as licensing works offline or online, on variety of bases.
Predictor: NII Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights
Prediction, in context:The following is from a 1994 article in Communications Daily about points made in a study by the Clinton administration’s NII [National Information Infrastructure] Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights: ”The NII Group … said new developments in technology would lead to changes in licensing procedures and recommended new vigilance: ‘If rights with respect to these new uses [on NII] are not expressly granted to be retained in license agreements, conflicts will arise between copyright owners and licensees.’ New licensing methods will be possible, such as licensing works offline or online, on variety of bases. That issue arises frequently today. Postings on some Internet mail lists of an Atlantic article by James Fallows about the Internet brought a number of warnings of copyright violations. Yet the same article is available to be downloaded from The Atlantic’s own area on America Online videotex system.”
Date of prediction: July 7, 1994
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Copyright/Intellectual Property/Plagiarism
Name of publication: Communications Daily
Title, headline, chapter name: Digital Rights Endorsed; NII Panel Recommends Minor Changes in Copyright Laws
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=3257d64bc66b7cf0832c34451a9399cc&_docnum=2&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlzV&_md5=c6ab08d3a557996192a02bffeeb9115a
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