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Text-to-Speech: Does Making Audios of Copyrighted Works…

Tantamount to copyright infringement?

Using the benefits of modern technology to enhance reading pleasure?

Exploiting technology to encroach on a legitimate market for authors and publishers?

Should eBay be held accountable for counterfeit items sold on its site?

YES – It's aware of the transactions – and it's profiting from them.  88.24% NO – It does not stock the goods, but merely facilitates sales.  8.82% NOT SURE – It can do a better job, but rights' owners need to help.  2.94%

IP Rights vs. the Public Domain: What Is Really Needed in Today's IP Environment?

More and better enforced intellectual property laws  50% Less "excessive" IP policies that make great works available to the public  12.5% A delicate balance between the rights of IP owners and those of the IP-consuming public  37.5%

Should Employees Be Compensated for Their Innovations?

YES – The idea or invention was generated through the employee's skill, talent, and creativity.  66.67% NO – The innovations were developed using the employer's resources and during company time.  26.67% NEITHER – A strategy that includes risk management, employee education, security, and confidentiality agreements could let companies keep their talented employees as well as their trade secrets.  6.67%

Expense or Investment? Do you consider security-enhancing packaging technology to be:

An additional expense you don't really need.  24.07% A long-term investment.  52.78% Something you need – but only when a problem arises.  23.15%

Are Patents Still Worth the Trouble?

YES – Know how to maximize your patent portfolio and leverage the system to your advantage.  47% NO – Patent litigation costs outweigh any patent profits you may get.  32% THE DEBATE IS NOT OVER – Let's see the new patent reforms first.  21%

To Litigate or to Arbitrate? When it comes to IP infringement, is Alternative Dispute Resolution a viable alternative to litigation?

YES – Its cost-effectiveness alone, in addition to other benefits, is reason enough to try it.  38% NO – It does not work when legal precedent or some kind of punishment is required.  33% I'M NOT 100% CONVINCED of either option, but am willing to try both.  29%

Accessory to a Crime? Do you think that companies who are aware that their products have been counterfeited – and don't proactively do something about it – are just as liable as the counterfeiters themselves?

Yes – Companies should protect their customers above all.  44% No – Brand owners have limited resources and must prioritize them.  25% Barking at the wrong tree – Stopping counterfeiters is the job of government and law enforcement.  31%

Counterfeiters or consumers? Criminal greed or market demand? Who's the bigger villain in the proliferation of fake products in the market?

The government - All talk, no action?  27% Counterfeiters - Don't blame the victims.  35% Consumers - If there's no demand, there's no supply.  38%

Brand giants see red! Is Johnson & Johnson being a corporate bully or is the American Red Cross violating a hundred-year agreement?

Big Money – Big Bully!  36% What's fair is fair. J&J are due their share of the profits.  33% Let the courts decide.  31%

Resolved – Software should be patented: Where do you stand on this debate?

YES – It's about economics: organizations should be able to protect their intellectual property.  36% NO – It's about rights: people should be able to do what they want on their own computers.  33% YES, if they are really new and involve an inventive step; NO, if they don't.  31%