Is Digital Text-Watermarking the Long-Desired User Friendly Digital Rights Management? Copyright and Fundamental Values from a Comparative Perspective

摘要

Many have argued that digital technologies used to protect copyrighted works usually go beyond the letter of the law and subsequently impinge on interests relating to freedom of information and expression, privacy and free choice. This article assesses digital text-watermarking in light of these concerns from a comparative law perspective, particularly the civil law and the common law traditions.