Intellectual Property Rights

The issues of copyright and intellectual property rights concerns me greatly with the amount of content stored on the web which we now know is being spyed upon both domestically and most likely abroad. At this point, all information required to falsify a person's intellectual and personal identification may be accessed through limited security barriers, we're supposed to feel safe, but this is an illusion. People in my family have been targeted by identity thieves, and it cost us many hours and effort to fix the fallout. The consequences of lying to American people and ineffective government oversight, combined with secrecy from the American public, is a recipe for disaster.

Now, I am unsure if using storage like Dropbox for important thesis and future research ideas or data is a good idea. The only advantage now for cloud storage appears to be a vacuum for Homework and Notes, and even then with the possibility of someone hacking Dropbox could have an incalculable amount of damage to property rights. Already, the Supreme Court in June 2013 ruled on patent rights and involving genes.Thankfully, the human genetic code cannot be patented. However, this is merely the beginning of many future battles involving property rights and online content, which we may need to tread more carefully, especially involving present and future publications.