I am looking for academic sources on this topic.:  "As a
backdrop to the compulsory licensing debate, an academic dispute rages
today over whether intellectual property should be protected at all in
the digital age. But it ought to be easier to reject the idea that
politicians should take away the ability to manage one's intellectual
property through forcible sharing.”

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Clarification of Question by roedward-ga on 03 Nov 2002 13:17 PST

I was paticularly interested in this subject as pertaining to Napster.

The electronic frontier foundation is an excellent source for this
kind of information [ http://www.eff.org ]

If you wouldn't let someone steal a table or a chair or a bookcase you
made, why would you let them steal the music or the writing that you
created? (just my 20c worth!)