Cyberspace Copyright

The Issues Surrounding Copyrights on the World Wide Web

By Allan Kotmel and Paulo Morales


NOTE: This site is intended for purely academic purposes. The information contained herein should not be construed as legal advice.


Introduction

Cyberspace is now expanding to the point where we realistically have to begin looking at many of the issues and laws which are already in place in the material world. This document examines the many issues involved with copyrights when putting documents on-line on the World Wide Web. We start off by discussing some of the issues and opinions from different schools of thought. We discuss four main topics:

In addition to looking at all the issues, we also provide the reader with our views on how copyrighting should apply to the World Wide Web.

For more information, we provide a glossary of terms which we use as well as links to other relevant sites for further reference.


[ Introduction | Our Opinion | Glossary | For More Information ]

Copyright 1996 Allan Kotmel and Paulo Morales
Created for Writing to the World Wide Web at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Questions and comments can be emailed to Allan at kotmea@rpi.edu or to Paulo at moralp@rpi.edu