... the past, the federal government has been trying to crack down on "piracy" by catching and convicting criminals. However, this method is slow and tedious, and it often does not provide results. Realizing this, Congress implemented a new policy that takes away any and all tools that could contribute to copyright infringement; thus, hitting piracy at the source. During July 2001, Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov was ... incident occurred, foreign computer scientists from around the world avoided the United States for fear of "legal liabilities resulting from the DMCA" (PC Computing). Re...

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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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