Laws against the circumvention of copyright technological protection

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-68

  Fernández Molina, J Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Copyright; Libraries; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037274226     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410310458000     Document Type: Article

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