For example, property rights are generally considered essential to the functioning of the market system. The IT revolution is requiring rethinking of modes for protection of rights in intellectual property. A significant portion bears on quality of life. However, these studies are so extensive, scattered, and diverse that their results are not necessarily known or understood throughout the research community. We do not yet have an integrated picture of the impacts of IT, their pattern in different settings, or their many interconnections to research in computer science and engineering.
Further work is needed.
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