KnowRight 1995: Wien, Austria
Klaus Brunnstein, Peter Paul Sint (Eds.): Intellectual Property Rights and New Technologies, Proceedings of the KnowRight '95 Conference, 21.-25.8.1995, Wien, Austria. Austrian Computer Society 1995 books@ocg.at 82 ISBN 3-486-23483-8
Keynote Speakers
Jens L. Gaster: Authors' Rights and Neighbouring Rights in the Information Society. 11-30
Thomas Dreier: Developments and Perspectives of Copyright: From Gutenberg to Data Highway. 31-50
Invited Speakers
Thomas Hoeren: Legal Aspects of Multimedia in Europe. 51-66
Rosemary Shields: Hypertext Electronic Law Books: Progress Report. 67-84
Charles Clark: The Publisher in the Digital World. 85-104
Pamela Samuelson: A Manifesto Concerning the Legal Protection of Computer Programs: Why Existing Laws Fail To Provide Adequate Protection. 105-115
1 Information & Communication Systems
1.1 Paradigmatic Issues
Erich Schweighofer: Legal Problems of Information Filtering Techniques. 117-122
Nicolaas J. I. Mars: The Consensus Approach to Creating Large Knowledge Bases. 123-126
Marc Lauritsen: Property in Practice Systems. 127-132
1.2 Legal Foundations
Herbert Burkert: Public Sector Information: Some Implications for a European Information Infrastructure. 133-138
Rainer Herbert Haude: The European Commission Proposal for a Directive on the Protection of Databases. 139-147
W. K. Hastings: State Censorship of the Transmission of Information Considered to be Injurious to the "Public Good" - The View from New Zealand. 148-154
1.3 Special Issues
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger: Transaction-centered Intellectual "Property" Right: For a New Information Law Framework. 161-165
Jochen Rindfrey: Towards an Equitable System for Access Control and Copyright Protection in Broadcast Image Services: The Equicrypt Approach. 166-175
Matthias Rauterberg, Markus Dätwyler, Marc Sperisen: The Shared Social Space as a Basic Factor for the Design of Group-Ware. 176-181
Gregory Aharonian: Software Patents - Relative Comparison of EPO/PTO/JPO Software Searching Capabilities. 182-187
Yannis Skulikaris: Patent Protection for Software-Related Inventions, in Particular Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks. 188-193
2 Copyright
2.1 Country Aspects
Gregory J. Kirsch: Software Patents and Copyrights from a Practitioner's Perspective. 195-203
Harald Springorum: The Protection of Neural Networks According to German and European Law. 204-213
Ilya V. Nikiforov: Information Law in Russia: International Aspects. 214-225
Juris Borzovs: The Problems in East European Transition from Software Copyright Ignorance to Observation: The Latvian Case. 226-228
2.2 Information and Security Aspects
Johann Höller: The Shadows of Software - the Grey Areas in the Definition of Software and Computer Program in Law. 229-235
Gérard Eizenberg: Contribution of Information Technology Security to Intellectual Property Protection. 236-241
3 Terminology and Lexicography
Sue Ellen Wright: Copyright Issues Affecting Terminology in Electronic Environments. 253-258
4 Electronic Publishing
Gerhard Auinger, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger: The Object as a Paradigm for Licensing Models of Multi-Lingual Software. 259-263
Chris Barlas: The Imprimatur Project. 264-272
George Cho: Access to Spatial Information: Principles, Practice and Legal Response in Australia. 273-278
Lucas Birsak: Electronic Publishing of Cartgraphic Data. 289-292
5 Multimedia and the Law

Ysolde Gendreau: Multimedia Challenges to Copyright. 304-308
Olivier Hance: European Intellectual Property Law and Multimedia: Presentation of a Status in Evolution. 309-322
Frank A. Koch: Software Copyright Protection for Multimedia Applications: The Approach to the EC Council Directive. 323-327
6 Information on the Data Highway - Legal and Technical Aspects of Distribution

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger: From Shring-WRap to Software-on-Demand: Is Usage Fee Licensing Going to be a Digital Cash Cow? 334-339
David Bernstein, Erwin Lenowitz: Copyrights, Distributed Chains, Integrity, and Privacy: The Need for a Standards-Based Solution. 340-354



