These are just a few ways that artist protecting them selves against the internet. ... Some CD manufactures are encrypting their products to protect their data. Another type of piracy of intellectual DVD (digital versatile/video disc) ripping. ... With these changes and a high encryption format a person is not able to copy a DVD on to a CD, but you can rip the movie. ... There is more and more software being developed to convert music to MP3s, rip DVDs into DIVX ;-) format, and CDRW software that allows to create a CD in just a few minutes. ...

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These are just a few ways that artist protecting them selves against the internet. ... Some CD manufactures are encrypting their products to protect their data. Another type of piracy of intellectual DVD (digital versatile/video disc) ripping. ... With these changes and a high encryption format a person is not able to copy a DVD on to a CD, but you can rip the movie. ... There is more and more software being developed to convert music to MP3s, rip DVDs into DIVX ;-) format, and CDRW software that allows to create a CD in just a few minutes. ...

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However, the expected lifetime of a foil recording was very short, mainly because of the fact that after a few playbacks the sound impressions were either worn down or ripped. ... However, in the 1980s, vinyl records were gradually replaced in mainstream music consumer markets with the compact disc, better known as the CD. ... A CD is an optical disc made from a 1.2mm thick disc of polycarbonate plastic coated with a thinner aluminum layer, protected by a film of lacquer. ...

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It was enacted in an effort to further the World Intellectual Property Organization's goal to protect information and prevent piracy of any kind. The DMCA's main purpose was to protect the digital property of copyright holders. ... CD rippers and DVD decoders provide a way around digital guards protecting software. ... Consider the following example of the music industry: Companies like Sony and Memorex have already circulated millions of copy-protected CD's. ... By implementing copy protected CD's, companies like Sony force the public to purchase more copies of their m...

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The pentagon being the first to own a network can't even protect it's own files. ... In order to tap into that machine there are loopholes in the programs, or programs that can create loop holes, such programs as decoders, rippers, and crackers. In order to regain control of the Internet we need to find a way to protect our own personal computers. Through certain software, hardware, and surveillance the Internet may become more protected and secured to its users. ... isk or CD some where for if they can download or copy, they sure can destroy the files. ...

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Because MP3s are often pirated copies of music protected by copyright law, the music industry is filing lawsuits against the P2P software companies. The software companies supporting MP3s are counter-suing in an effort to protect this technology that has many uses beyond the infringement of copyright (Borland 1). ... Most MP3 users compress files at a 10:1 ratio which still provides CD quality sound. ... Ripping and encoding programs extracted music tracks off of CDs and encoded the songs into the MP3 file format. With this software, anyone with a music CD and computer could produce a MP3 file...

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Final Paper - p2p Filesharing Peer-to-peer, this simple yet powerful technology amazingly provokes a plethora of emotions from a vast spectrum of people. Otherwise known as p2p, this connection and collaboration tecnology is seen by some as a god send, as an evil thiefing technolgy, as others see it as a cost-efficent form of buisness protocol. P2P has rewritten the status quo of online distribution and networking, from the offices of the corporation to the campus dorm. When everyone is connected to a p2p network, each client becomes both a user and distributor, or in other words a "node...

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Little does she know that a massive behemoth of a creature awaits the next turn, waiting to quickly catch her defenseless and rip her apart before devouring her. ... When this was done, the world followed the precedent to protect their children from violent content (which is a good thing). ... Organizations like the ESRB are striving to protect children from violence, but not all gamers are kids. ...

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