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The Creator And The Benefits Of Creation: Protection Of Software In The Information Revolution, Martin Kratz
The Creator And The Benefits Of Creation: Protection Of Software In The Information Revolution, Martin Kratz
Dalhousie Law Journal
Mankind is presently passing through a technological revolution unlike anything seen in any prior era. In a world where the total mass of man's knowledge doubles in less than two years' information has become an increasingly valuable commodity. Similarly, the means by which information is manipulated has become evermore important. The development of the computer 2 has been the catalyst of this information revolution as it has freed man from many time consuming and monotonous tasks. The development of the computer industry has been phenomenal. 3 It has gone from its infancy in the late 1940's to a stage where …
Language, Communication, Computers And The Law, R. A. Samek
Language, Communication, Computers And The Law, R. A. Samek
Dalhousie Law Journal
There is an old story about a drunken man who is looking for an object under a street light. A policeman asks him what he is looking for. "It is my keys", he says. "Did you lose them here?" "No, over there.'" "Why then are you looking for them over here?" "Because I can see here", is the man's reply. The real significance of this story is very different from what it appears. It is not the man who is foolish but the policeman. We can only look for something from where we can see it. The alternative is to …