copyright technology 101
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On September 19, 2011, ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro spoke on a panel at the Global IP Academy’s “Copyright in the Digital Age” program sponsored by the United States Copyright Office and the Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). His panel was entitled “Copyright Technology 101” and he discussed the various controls that can be used to protect intellectual property in different parts of the Internet ecosystem. The program was held at the USPTO in Alexandria, Virginia and included approximately 50 foreign government officials working on copyright issues.TRANSCRIPT
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Copyright Technology 101
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Global Intellectual
Property Academy and U.S. Copyright Office
Conference on Copyright in the Digital Age
Presenter:
Daniel Castro, Senior Analyst, ITIF
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Overview
How does the Internet work?
Who governs the Internet?
Who is part of the Internet ecosystem?
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How does the Internet work?
Typical view of the Internet:
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Internet
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How does the Internet work?
More detailed:
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Users google.com facebook.com wikipedia.org
Users
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How does the Internet work?
URLs:
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Image credit: John Gallaugher, Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology (Flat World Knowledge).
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How does the Internet work?
Domain names:
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Image credit: John Gallaugher, Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology (Flat World Knowledge).
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How does the Internet work?
Data Packets:
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Image credit: John Gallaugher, Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology (Flat World Knowledge).
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Who governs the Internet?
Nobody?
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Who governs the Internet?
At the National Level (in the United States)
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• Net neutrality rules
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA)
• Broadband, spectrum, DNS, privacy/security/copyright issues
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Anti-trust and consumer protection
• Department of Justice
• Internet crime
• Congress
• Legislative authority
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Who governs the Internet?
At the International Level
• Coordination and operations
• ICANN
• Standards
• Internet Society (ISOC)
• Internet Engineering Tasking Force (IETF)
• Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• The Market
• E.g. Mozilla Foundation, Verisign
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Who is part of the Internet ecosystem?
• Users
• Internet service providers
• Domain registrars
• Domain registries
• Hosting providers
• Governing bodies
• OTHERS?
• Services: search engines, file lockers, UGC sites, online
advertisers, payment processors, shippers
• Applications: operating systems, web browsers, software
• Devices: mobile devices, computers, routers, etc.
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Who is part of the Internet ecosystem?
Questions:
• Where are the “control points” on the Internet?
• How can different methods be used to protect intellectual
property at these different points?
• Who has a legal responsibility to protect intellectual
property?
• Who would be most effective in protecting intellectual
property? (and what incentives do they need, if any, to do
so?)
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Further reading
Castro, Bennett and Andes, “Steal these Polices: Strategies for
Reducing Digital Piracy,” Information Technology and
Innovation Foundation (December 2009),
http://www.itif.org/files/2009-digital-piracy.pdf.
Castro, “Better Enforcement of Online Copyright Would Help,
Not Harm, Consumers,” Information Technology and
Innovation Foundation (October 2010),
http://www.itif.org/files/2010-copyright-coica.pdf.
Price, “An Estimate of Infringing Use of the Internet,”
Envisional (Janauary 2011),
http://documents.envisional.com/docs/Envisional-
Internet_Usage-Jan2011.pdf.
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Thank you!
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