In the decade since the Internet and cellular communication became omnipresent and inexpensive, intellectual property law has been pressed by technology in ways never imagined. Examples include: digital rights management (DRM), creative commons, open source software, digital movie and music downloading, eroding US patent dominance, Internet piracy, personal data ownership and privacy, fair use and the Internet.

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