While the internet has changed the world in more ways than one could easily list, that doesn’t mean that all of those changes have been good for everyone.
One of the areas where digital technology and the internet haven’t paired well has been with intellectual property.
There has always been a thriving black market, or secondary market, for products that have been made without the consent of the copyright or trademark holder’s permission. However before the internet they rarely had any significant impact on businesses based simply on reach and scale. But with the relative anonymity and global access of the internet, the unauthorized use, reproduction or distribution of media like music, television, movies and artwork has made it easy to illegally trade and sell.
Source: 3DPrint.com
“Content is king” may be an overused phrase in today’s media world, but the kind is more powerful than ever before, and the palace rules are changing. These days, content users and creators must navigate an ever-growing Web of intellectual property (IP) issues.Specifically, the interactive nature of the media content creation process has had a dramatic effect on IP rights of the participants.