Current "protections" are challenged by the nature of digital media.
- The recombinant nature of digital information confounds current laws
- The global reach of
digital technologies compromises the local nature of statutes and practices.
- Interstate and international commerce laws were not designed for the digital world
- Most in-use provisions were spliced into "other" treaty arrangements rather than developing as a natural outcome of careful considerations of specific questions.
- Like every other sort of international issue, there is no single adjudication body.
- In-place (old media) like laws/practices that protect & aid them. New media presents challenges.
- Technology has come on pretty quickly: users need protection now; protections take time to develop.
*Free for a Fee, Introduction, p, 1-10 [.doc]
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