CSCI 240 Software as Intellectual Property

_h CSCI 240 Software as Intellectual Property Computer Science Department, Bucknell University

CSCI 240 - Computers and Society
Software as Intellectual Property - Week 10
Professor Dan Hyde - Spring 2005

Required Reading for Monday March 28 / Tuesday March 29

"Who Invented Hyperlinks?", by Richard H. Stern, IEEE Micro, Jan/Feb 2001, pages 8-10. Article will be handed out in class.
Chapters 17, 22 in Computer, Ethics and Society by Ermann and Shauf, 3rd edition.
Software Patents Tangle the Web by Seth Shulman
Moved John Perry Barlow's article from "Required" to one for "Further Study"! Spread the word!

Links for Further Study

The Economy of Ideas by John Perry Barlow Important paper in Wired, Issue 2.03, March 1994 which claims that networks and digital media make traditional notions of intellectual property senseless.
Readings on Information and Intellectual Property Course at MIT
GigaLaw.com: "Legal Information for Internet Professionals"

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