Advances in technology that cause new problems also will contribute to new solutions.
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 report recognized that advances in technology that cause new problems also will contribute to new solutions. It said there were more sophisticated means of protecting access to works at several levels, and that encryption technologies also could be employed to protect copyrights, while algorithms could produce ‘digital signatures’ that would determine authenticity.”
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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