1. In 1-2 sentences, explain Eric Schmidt's point of view on Intellectual Property.
Eric Schmidt believes that copyright has evolved but for him intellectual property is fundamental and Google at least is critically dependent upon it. He thinks that the world is a better place when the largest number of people can see the most amount of information and pay for it.
2. What is Chuck D's slant on Intellectual property?
Chuck D supported Napster and the free exchange of music because he felt there is an evolving source of technology to share, distribute, and expose music and instead of fighting it he felt people should accept it and the fact that their intellectual property rights will change with the changing technology. One reason he felt this way was because for some artists it was there only source of exposure. A second reason was because when FM radio and the cassette tape first came out people thought negatively about those things and that they were going to hinder the entertainment industry when really they boosted the industry.
3. Explain the reason why might Lars Ulrich express the opinion he has. Base your answer on facts from this chapter.
Lars Ulrich’s opinion of this new technology, Napster, is that since people fall behind evolving technology, they need to set parameters so people don’t lose control of what is happening right in front of them. His debate is that with people’s perception of the internet and what their rights are as a user, they think that they own whatever comes across their screen on their computer. Lars feels that is wrong because of intellectual property rights, the artist etc., is the actual owner and needs to have control over their material. Intellectual property rights are supposed to protect the rights of an artist, in this case, to compensate for what they create and make their work valuable and intangible. Making their work illegally part of the public domain would be a violation of the Fair Use Doctrine.
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