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Separation Of Ownership And The Authorization To Use Personal Computers: Unintended Effects Of Eu And U.S. Law On It Security, Lukas Feiler Jul 2010

Separation Of Ownership And The Authorization To Use Personal Computers: Unintended Effects Of Eu And U.S. Law On It Security, Lukas Feiler

Lukas Feiler

It used to be that owners of personal computers typically had full and exclusive authorization to use their computers. This was primarily due to the open architecture introduced with the IBM Personal Computer in the 1980s and proliferated in the 1990s. Recent developments bear evidence of an increasing disconnection between the concept of ownership and that of authorization to use a personal computer (including mobile devices such as notebooks, sub-notebooks, cell phones, smartphones, and PDAs): interference with the closed architecture employed by Apple’s iPhone is claimed to constitute a violation under 17 U.S.C. § 1201; the EULA for Windows 7 …


How Should China Respond To Online Piracy Of Sports Telecasts, Seagull Haiyan Song Dr. Jul 2010

How Should China Respond To Online Piracy Of Sports Telecasts, Seagull Haiyan Song Dr.

Seagull Haiyan Song

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Essence Of Copyright By Raheel R Daureeawo Llm, Raheel R. Daureeawo Jul 2010

Essence Of Copyright By Raheel R Daureeawo Llm, Raheel R. Daureeawo

Raheel R Daureeawo

Copyright is and has always been about policy. And what I intend to discuss in this paper is a list of topics which have always been center of debate in copyright courts. Although each topic is a book in itself, but my attempt here is to consolidate this list. The goal of the law of copyright has always been to promote scientific, literary and artistic creativity and protect as well as limit these rights in order to prevent monopolies. In order to understand the present and future of copyright it is imperative to know its past. There is a debate …


Copyright Law In The United Arab Emirates In The Digital Age, Brian Fitzgerald, Rami M. Olwan Jan 2010

Copyright Law In The United Arab Emirates In The Digital Age, Brian Fitzgerald, Rami M. Olwan

Rami M Olwan

This article gives an overview of copyright law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and critically evaluates its operation in the digital era, providing suggestions for reform.