出版社：AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
摘要：Daniel Gervais describes the present trade-based intellectual property rights regime as pressured by challenges from "the Very Old and the Very New".1 Demands to protect traditional knowledge and folklore represent the first category; digital piracy, peer-to-peer networks, and bit-torrent sites such as Pirate Bay the second. What opens up between the two is a geopolitical minefield flanked by developed and developing nations, where "Very New" information technologies bring "Very Old" conflicts to light.2
