Electronic Rights Management and Digital Identifier Systems

Authors

Daniel J. Gervais

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Electronic Publishing

Publication Date

3-1999

ISSN

1080-2711

Keywords

copyright, digital rights management, copyright management, copyright clearance

Disciplines

Intellectual Property Law | International Trade Law | Internet Law | Law

Abstract

The new world of digital information requires a new way of providing access to that information — while keeping the copyright backbone. It might be technically easier to create a digital infrastructure without copyright: Just throw works up on the Internet, and let anyone get to them for any purposes. But such systems have been suggested and roundly rejected by those who create and own works of value. So we need to build an electronic infrastructure that works with copyright and takes advantage of the digital environment. This paper looks at the attempts to build part of that infrastructure — the electronic copyright-management system — and analyzes their progress and success.

Recommended Citation

Daniel J. Gervais, Electronic Rights Management and Digital Identifier Systems, 4 Journal of Electronic Publishing. (1999)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-publications/851