7.2 The Value of Authorship in the Digital Environment: Producing and Protecting Scientific Information
Justine Pila · The MIT Press eBooks · 2010
Digital technology has a direct impact on copyright doctrine, but its impact on the production of informational works and the institutional arrangements for their protection is not well understood. This chapter examines the role of authorship in protecting the integrity of scientific collaboration, highlighting the legal issues that arise in the copyright of intellectual property associated with many e-Research initiatives. It first discusses the production and protection of digital informational works before turning to the different conceptions of authorship protected by law.