This work is aimed at those with an interest in the challenges to copyright posed by the Internet and the emerging information superhighway. It contains a collection of papers, written by copyright scholars and practitioners, presented at the colloquium on The Future of Copyright in a Digital Environment in Amsterdam on July 6-7, 1995. This colloquium was organized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW) and the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam.;This collection of papers covers topics which include: the scope of protected rights on the information superhighway; the application of exemptions and limitations; the collective administration of rights, resolving conflicts of law in an environment where territoriality is obsolete; alternatives to copyright protection; and designing copyright for the future.