摘要：INT ELLECTUA Lproperty laws are territorial in nature, determined and en-forced by the nation state in which one resides. However, informationcommunication technologies (ICT's) are proposing a unique challenge to in-tellectual property law, due to the universal nature of the Internet. This chapteraims first to brie.y discuss the history of copyright, and why it is felt that thereis a need to protect the intellectual works of authors, outlining how the laws ofcopyright originated during the late 19thcentury to shift the control of poweraway from publishing houses to the authors themselves
