Intellectual Property

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The theft of intellectual property has been a pain in the neck since it started happening. It is simply unfair for someone to spend a lot of time and money into an idea and a process and then, have it stolen from them. There are a few solid Intellectual Property Rights laws in state and between nations; however, there is always room for improvement.
If we look at ways to improve intellectual property rights one by one then the following solutions should be taken into account. Under copyright, some U.S works need to become protected or better protected. An example of works or industries that need to be better protected are; the Motion Pictures industry, Sound Records industry, Business software applications and Entertainment software. These industries loose millions of dollars due to lack of protection. A few laws need to be made to protect all traditional and new work. An example of this would be the “Hoodia” case in Africa. There is a lot of knowledge that people from older generations knew before of newer generations. This knowledge should be able to be protected by law somehow. Some of the terms for the protection of copyrighted works need to be extended and there are still too many burdensome procedural formalities.
The article entitled “Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy”, also suggests that, “Internet users in developing nations should be entitled to fair use rights such as making and distributing printed copies from electronic sources in reasonable numbers for educational and research purposes, and using reasonable excerpts in commentary and criticism. Where suppliers of digital information or software attempt to restrict “fair use” rights by contract provisions associated with the distribution...

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