Εισαγωγικά Στοιχεία

Abstract

Στο συγκεκριμένο κεφάλαιο αποτυπώνεται η διεθνής υφιστάμενη κατάσταση, παρουσιάζονται οι διαθέσιμες λύσεις, ανιχνεύονται οι ελλείψεις των λύσεων αυτών και αναδεικνύονται τα νέα προτεινόμενα μέσα για την αντιμετώπιση του ζητήματος.

In this chapter the basic concepts of this book are being analyzed. This book deals with a contemporary issue with technological, legal and social implications, the issue of the protection and management of Intellectual Property Rights in the Information Society. In today's digital world, even the most routine access to information inevitably involves making a copy. For example, software for viewing a web page (web browser) first creates a copy of the web page in memory and stores it in the history section of the browser. This operation is done for better access to the information but in practice it is a reproduction that involves the concept of copyright protection. Also, when data is transferred over global networks, a repeated reproduction of the content takes place on network devices, routers and servers. The exclusive right of reproduction is the first and most basic right for the copyright owner of a work. How can this conflict between the desire to provide access and the desire to control copying be alleviated, when digital information access and transfer simultaneously implies the production of copies? This and other key issues of concern are developed in this chapter.