SOCL528 Spring 2013 Essay 3 - Intellectual Property

Due Monday, April 1 (3-5 pages double-spaced; 20% of grade)

Answer one of the following (include a discussion of stakeholders and their interests):

  1. Are patents encouraging or inhibiting innovation in the 3d printing industry?
    https://delicious.com/soc528/3dprinting+patents
  2. Discuss the open source patent movement.
    https://delicious.com/soc528/opensource+patents
  3. Explain how the digital dilemma (as stated in the executive summary of the the National Academies report) can be resolved in the music industry OR the publishing industry.
    http://www.nap.edu/nap-cgi/report.cgi?record_id=9601&type=pdfxsum
    https://delicious.com/soc528/drm
  4. Do the digital rights management models used by Steam, Electronic Arts and other video game companies solve the digital dilemma (as stated in the executive summary of the the National Academies report)?
    http://www.nap.edu/nap-cgi/report.cgi?record_id=9601&type=pdfxsum
    https://delicious.com/soc528/games

Refer to relevant assigned readings. Cite any other sources you use.

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