The issues of intellectual property rights in the technology-driven environment were the concern of the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee's program session during its April 22-24, 1987 meeting. The major focus of the program was the 1986 report of the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment Intellectual Property Rights in the Age of Electronics and Information. Invited speakers set the stage to provide NAC members with a better understanding of the issues involved. Their presentations included a general and legal overview of the OTA report; the affirmation of the 1976 Copyright Act; the position of the appropriate U.S. Congressional Subcommittee regarding intellectual property rights; a librarian's view of bibliographic database ownership issues; and presentations of real-life property rights situations in the private sector with possible solutions.