Software like DeCSS is illegal in the United States, under provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a 1998 law that outlaws the creation and distribution of technology that enables users to skirt copyright protections on films, music and other forms of software.
Management by committee "Best" behaviour Warm and fuzzy The greenback's charm Let them eat more Ellwood Agonistes In the balance Reprints Related items Human development indexJul 12th 2001 By invitation: What’s good for the poor is good for AmericaJul 12th 2001In the unequal distribution of technology, there is market failure, both national and global.
Regarding the second question, we have identified a strong relationship between the distribution of technology indicators and the distribution of regional income in Europe.
Consequently, the examination of the scale and geographic distribution of technology intensive business activity form the first part of the chapter.
For more than a decade, her textbook set the computer ethics research agenda on topics, such as ownership of software and intellectual property, computing and privacy, responsibilities of computer professionals, and fair distribution of technology and human power.
In this paper, we quantitatively studied the novelty distribution of technology pairs, and a connection between the novelty profile of an invention and its future impact, by using technology code pairings in the U.S. patent spanning 179 years (1836-2014) [27].
Unfortunately, this rationale provides little specific guidance in areas where it is not possible or desirable to remedy market failures in the generation or distribution of technology by more extensive assignment or enforcement of property rights.
In much the same way the federal government used taxpayer-funded grants to "gift" local police agencies with military weapons and equipment, it is also funding the distribution of technology aimed at making it easier for police to monitor, track and spy on Americans.
The analysis, which highlighted the problems associated with various voting methods and the disparate distribution of voting technologies according to socioeconomic status (i.e., wealthier areas generally had more advanced technology and fewer invalidated ballots), spurred extensive debate about election reform.
2. Analysis and planning for the marketing and distribution of new technologies in individual developing countries 3. Analysis and planning for the procurement and supply of new health technologies by the global health community 4. Planning and implementation of manufacturing capabilities 5. Establishment and implementation of regulatory systems to ensure safe and effective products 6.
