Tim McKenna is an author who thinks and writes about the
complexity of truth in a world of flux. He wrote in October
2000: "Copyright is a difficult issue. The owner of the
intellectual property thinks that s/he owns what s/he has
created. I believe that the consumer purchases the piece of
plastic (in the case of a CD) or the bounded pages (in the case
of book). The business community has not found a new way to add
value to intellectual property. Consumers don't think very
abstractly. When they download songs for example, they are
simply listening to them, they are not possessing them. The
music and publishing industry need to find ways to give
consumers tactile vehicles for selling the intellectual
property."
= Copyright and WIPO
Since the web became mainstream, the posting by the thousands
of electronic texts and other documents has been an headache
for organizations in charge of applying the rules relating to
intellectual property.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an
intergovernmental organization, and one of the 16 specialized
agencies of the United Nations. It is responsible for
protecting intellectual property throughout the world through
cooperation among countries. It is also responsible for
implementing various multilateral treaties dealing with the
legal and administrative aspects of intellectual property.
Intellectual property comprises industrial property and
copyright. Industrial property relates to inventions,
trademarks, industrial designs and appellations of origin.
Copyright relates to literary, musical, artistic, photographic
and audiovisual works. WIPO stated on its website in 1999: "As
regards the number of literary and artistic works created
worldwide, it is difficult to make a precise estimate. However,
the information available indicates that at present around
1,000,000 books/titles are published and some 5,000 feature
films are produced in a year, and the number of copies of
phonograms sold per year presently is more than 3,000 million."
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