... into being able to copy someone's words out of book as long as its on the Internet. The copyright laws have been around for hundreds of years. How can you just all of a sudden say that you can break the law as long as it is on the Internet. The music industry would probably take a big downfall in revenue and they may have to ... find another way to make money. What actually is the law about copyrights and music. The law says if the owner of the piece of work does the proper copyright documentation, then no one can say the piece of work is there own. You can ... use the work, but you do...

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... in the process of subpoenaing nearly 1,000 people for illegally swapping files, which is an infringement on Copyright laws. The targets will receive a copy of the lawsuit against them, a letter explaining the charges, and a number they can call if they want to talk about a settlement. Copyright law is clearly aggressive or maybe excessive to people who swap music files over the internet. The penalties are ... the law, you risk legal penalties." As it appears to the RIAA, it is having a huge impact on the number of downloads, causing a 10% to 15% dip in downloading, as NPD reports. Mark ...

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... the many characteristics of man transmitted to one another through sound and rhythm. The RIAA and other major labels have attempted to lock up our culture and heritage through extensive lobbying, outrageous campaign donations, misleading our political leaders, and lying to the public, while misrepresenting the facts. Changing copyright law is not a solution for poor management. Copy protected CDs lock up the music forever, even when the ... work in question returns to public domain. This was not part of the copyright bargain our forefathers struck, nor was it ever intended to provide in...

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... . Within months Napster servers exploded, at its peak Napster had 300 million users trading on it at once. The recording industry intervened and eventually coerced Napster to change its ways to prevent copyrighted material from being downloaded. Users suddenly frustrated by corporate defense mechanisms flocked to ... bodies of users, and no way to attack one entity, the recording industry is headed towards disaster if it does not attempt to thwart users ultimate wishes. Pay-per download file sharing services have not gained much popularity. Methods of preventing the copy of copyrighted m...

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... play record, music has converted over to CDs (compact disc). CDs are in digital format what are composed strictly zeros and ones. Now that CDRW (compact disc re write) drives have been released anybody can copy any CD they wish. Also along the lines of copying CDs there is software that lets anybody convert CD audio into a low space format mat called ... the protection of an idea that is electronically produced. In the latest news regarding electronic copyright Napster is at the top of the list. Napster is one of the first companies to be charged with electronic piracy. They are being s...

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... online filesharing. "His soulution? Make it legal for the entertainment idustry minions to hack into such networks in order to block the transfer, copy, or display of stolen works. (A Corporate Posse, p.1) The bill, dubbed creativly the "Berman Bill," would make it totally legal for ... a representative of the entertainment idustry to hack into your computer, without a warrent and distupt your actions. "Corporate owners without a warrent could decide whose machine to hack, provided they gave the U.S. Department of Justice seven days' ... copywritten material. "The Justice Department w...

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