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KnowRight 2006

Band (volume) 202

Peter Sint, Erich Schweighofer (eds.)

220 pages, € 13,-/ € 17,-; Link zur Bestellung.
ISBN 3-85403-202-1

Social, ethical and legal norms are under stress. The conquest of offices, homes and mobile environments for Knowledge transfer via e-Media change the conditions of human interaction.

You learn about the developments of

• governance of the Information Society in general
• Intellectual Property Rights - Software patents in Europe, USA and China
• the clash between institutional copyright owners and Open Source movements
• the openness of access to information
• the needs to preserve and make accessible the cultural heritage,
• the problems of handling sensitive information – crime prevention against privacy protection
• the protection of medical information, weighing the interests of patients and researchers with appropriate technical means

This volume helps to participate successfully in the debate about future options concerning the Creation, Distribution and use of Knowledge in the society.