Data Protection and Intellectual Property: Information Systems and the Americanization of the New Europe
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
- Vol. 28 (5), 891-908
- https://doi.org/10.1068/a280891
Abstract
The introduction of computer-based information systems into the newly emerging democracies—and markets—of Central and Eastern Europe raises important questions. With information seen by many in government and industry as the gold of the future, it is not surprising that it is common in the West to see it as essential that those countries adopt regulations that will encourage its relatively unfettered flow. In fact, in the key areas of data protection and intellectual property we can see strong indications of Western influence. But this is occurring in different ways. In the case of data protection, US influence has been brought to bear through intermediaries, particularly the European Community. In the case of intellectual property, the United States has acted more directly. In both cases, though, the United States is promoting what it sees as its own values despite their being in important ways at odds with those not simply of Central and Eastern Europe but of Europe more generally.Keywords
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