Current "protections" are challenged by the nature of digital media.

• The recombinant nature of digital information confounds current laws
• The global reach of digital technologies compromises the local nature of statutes and practices.
  • Interstate and international commerce laws were not designed for the digital world
• Most in-use provisions were spliced into "other" treaty arrangements rather than developing as a natural outcome of careful considerations of specific questions.
• Like every other sort of international issue, there is no single adjudication body.
• In-place (old media) like laws/practices that protect & aid them. New media presents challenges.
• Technology has come on pretty quickly: users need protection now; protections take time to develop.
• For example: Digital Millenium Copyright Act and IP.

In place: The Act