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Copyright is complicated because what it is trying to protect is complicated: intellectual (or better, informational) property has the amazing characteristic of being removable from its original place without its being removed. A professor of communication and media studies, and author of books about the information revolution, I here briefly explain and give examples of the differences between physical and intellectual property.
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Copyright is complicated because what it is trying to protect is complicated: intellectual (or better, informational) property has the amazing characteristic of being removable from its original place without its being removed. A professor of communication and media studies, and author of books about the information revolution, I here briefly explain and give examples of the differences between physical and intellectual property.
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long version: Paul Levinson is Professor and Chair of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University, author of 12 books, and a frequent guest on television and radio news shows.
short version: Paul Levinson is Professor and Chair of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University
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