Pages or organizations which debating whether some or all "intellectual property" laws are unfair monopoly grants, not real private property like physical things.
Richard Stallman's famous parable about the Right to Read, and what will happen if intellectual monopoly laws continue to grow. www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
An Australian university gives a powerful case against "intellectual property" laws. Includes a long bibliography of books supporting the point. www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/95psa.html
An essay exploring whether artists, for profit or not, have the right to freely "sample" from an already "created" electronic environment that surrounds them for use in their own work. www.negativland.com/fairuse.html
This group is organized to promote discussion of intellectual property laws worldwide. It is hoped that a network of interested people can come together to begin discussing a future for intellectual property law which balances the needs of people with the groups.yahoo.com/group/ipfuture
A pro-IP publication devoted to intellectual property matters. Includes features, interviews, research reports and analysis, and IP statistics. www.derwent.com/ipmatters
Article that proposes (with case studies) that tipping may be a viable compensation model for intellectual property (such as music and books). tipping.selfpromotion.com
A supplement to the weekly e-zine Library Juice from September, 2000, devoted to the political and philosophical issues of intellectual property, especially as they relate to libraries and the internet. libr.org/Juice/issues/vol3/LJ_3.35.sup.html
Paper by James Boyle calling for reduction of intellectual property laws, to be achieved by political machination inspired by the environmental movement. www.law.duke.edu/boylesite/intprop.htm
Article exposing that the cable television industry is moving to implement a copy protection scheme that will allow movie studios and cable providers to control what viewers are able to record. www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/15679.html
A project to enable authors of computer files containing nonproprietary intellectual works (free music, literature, software) and their supporters (including fans, users) to participate in a gift economy. giftfile.org
Article comparing today's toughening of US intellectual property laws to help given to the US shipping industry 30 years ago, resulting in even greater losses for US firms, higher prices, and frustrated consumers. www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/start.html
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