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Future of intellectual property debated

Big corporations are working diligently and successfully to expand intellectual property laws in the digital age -- a trend that's chipping away at individual rights.That's the message a panel of law professors had at the Computer Freedom and Privacy Conference here, as they dissected a series of lawsuits and legislation aimed at making sure people don't copy material.
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Big corporations are working diligently and successfully to expand intellectual property laws in the digital age -- a trend that's chipping away at individual rights.

That's the message a panel of law professors had at the Computer Freedom and Privacy Conference here, as they dissected a series of lawsuits and legislation aimed at making sure people don't copy material. Story to follow. -- Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet News

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