HTW Chur: Conference on the Internet and knowledge theft

From September 6 to 9, 2009, a conference on "Knowledge theft and its consequences" will be held at the University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur. Experts will speak on the opportunities and risks of the Internet.

Worldwide access to the Internet brings with it a new problem: knowledge theft. How big is this problem and can we protect ourselves against it? This will be discussed at the conference "Knowledge theft, inability or paradigm shift", which will take place at the University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur from September 6 to 9, 2009. Experts from Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland will speak about the opportunities and risks of the Internet, including plagiarism and the credibility of Wikipedia content.
The event is aimed not only at librarians and lecturers, but also at e-learning and software specialists, media professionals, representatives of academic book and journal publishers and other interested parties. Further information can be found at

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