Difference between revisions of "People need for communication and information"
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== Enablers == | == Enablers == | ||
1) Information explode | |||
People nowadays put all kinds of information to the Internet. As consequences, there exist vast amount of information on the Internet such as e-books, mp3s, videos, source code , pictures and etc. | People nowadays put all kinds of information to the Internet. As consequences, there exist vast amount of information on the Internet such as e-books, mp3s, videos, source code , pictures and etc. When there are so much information on the internet, this threatens to make copyright and other intellectual property protections obsolete. (Chabrow, Copyrights: What's Left?) | ||
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2) Digitalization technology | |||
The digitalization of technology further advances. Basically, almost everything you name that you want are freely available on the Internet. With so many softwares tools and services available, people are | |||
easier to share and copy them. | |||
3) Change in information channel | |||
Tradionally, all books, illustrations and reports are all held in our hand and was fairly easier to protect. But now, the information channel has changed to the Internet no longer resides on disks or other 'can be seen or touch' material. For any user, they can publish-virtually anything on the Web. | |||
== Inhibitors == | == Inhibitors == | ||
Revision as of 01:11, 10 May 2006
Description
Worldwidely, the trend of people needs to communicate with each other has increases. Furthermore, the blooming and fast-advances in technology allows people to communicate and share information through the Web at ease. Communication among people and sharing of information thus resulting in arrising of issues of Intellectual Property as the explosive increased use of the Internet and free software tools ease the copying of information, text, sound and graphic.
Enablers
1) Information explode
People nowadays put all kinds of information to the Internet. As consequences, there exist vast amount of information on the Internet such as e-books, mp3s, videos, source code , pictures and etc. When there are so much information on the internet, this threatens to make copyright and other intellectual property protections obsolete. (Chabrow, Copyrights: What's Left?)
2) Digitalization technology
The digitalization of technology further advances. Basically, almost everything you name that you want are freely available on the Internet. With so many softwares tools and services available, people are easier to share and copy them.
3) Change in information channel
Tradionally, all books, illustrations and reports are all held in our hand and was fairly easier to protect. But now, the information channel has changed to the Internet no longer resides on disks or other 'can be seen or touch' material. For any user, they can publish-virtually anything on the Web.