The threat that digital technology poses to
the traditional intellectual property owners is described in some detail
by Anne
K. Fujita in, "The Great Internet Panic: How Digitization is Deforming
Copyright Law" (1996) 2 Journal of Law and Technology, 1.
One of the industries which has felt the impact of digital technology most
accutely, and which has been extremely active in attempting to alleviate
its concerns is the music industry. As our module
on MP3 has illustrated, the music industry has been active in seeking
legislative changes to the existing intellectual property laws, and in
prosecuting notable infringers of these laws. Amongst those organizations
which have been particularly active are the Recording
Industry Association of America, ASCAP
and BMI.