Rethinking the ownership of information in the 21st century: Ethical implications

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-71

  Lipinski, Tomas A ^a   Britz, Johannes J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Access; Copyright; Ethics; Intellectual property; New media; Ownership; Patent; Trade secret; Trademark

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COPYRIGHTS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; TRADEMARKS;

ACCESS; ETHICS; NEW MEDIA; OWNERSHIP; PATENT; TRADE SECRETS;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0002129817     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010064313976     Document Type: Article

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