Includes bibliogr. references and index.

Intellectual property rights : from theory to practical implementation / Richard A. Spinello, Herman T. Tavani -- Intellectual property rights in software-justifiable from a liberalist position? Free software foundation's position in comparison to John Locke's concept of property / Kai Kimppa -- Locke and intellectual property rights / Michael J. Scanlan -- Ideas, expressions, universals, and particulars : metaphysics in the realm of software copyright law / Thomas M. Powers -- Exporting trademark confusion / Ann Bartow -- Feminism and copyright in digital media / Dan Burk -- Recent copyright protection schemes : implications for sharing digital information / Herman T. Tavani -- Trespass and kyosei in cyberspace / Richard A. Spinello -- New threats to intellectual freedom : the loss of the information commons through law and technology in the US / Elizabeth Buchanan, James Campbell -- Would be pirates : webcasters, intellectual property, and ethics / Melanie J. Mortensen.