... disc. The same is true for books, logos, and anything else that can carry a copyright. An excerpt from Ann Okerson's article, "Who Owns Digital Works" (published in the magazine, "Scientific American"), clearly explains what types of property are protected under the United States copyright law: "The most recent revision of the U.S. copyright law, made in 1978, is far more thorough than its ... predecessors. It protects creative works in general, including literature, music, drama, pantomime, choreography, pictorial, graphical and sculptural works, motion pictures and other audiovisual c...

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... online music in the future. There are several main sides to the problem. There are huge corporations that deal with copyright infringement and push litigation. Overall recording industry principles say that is wrong to copy somebody else's work and perhaps return profit to the authors. These principles ensure that the original ideas have value. The primary concern of copywriting ... to not allow copying of portions of other music. However, there are many who dispute this, and I can see their point. Current copyright laws have and will protect software effectively; it can be just as prot...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... 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...

• Word Count: 1761
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School