Information can qualify to be property in two ways; patent law and copyright laws which are creations of federal statutes, pursuant to Constitutional grant of legislative authority. ... Title 17 to the United States Code states that it is illegal to make or to distribute copies of copyrighted material without authorization, except for the user's right to make a single backup copy for archival purposes. ... Therefore, it is not necessary that a copy of the software program be deposited with the Copyright Office in Washington, D.C. for the program to be protected as copyrighte...

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It is also something punishable by law. ... The person reading the example is supposed to have a copy of program C and is now faced with the questions of whether or not to let Jim use your copy, or give him a copy either for free or charge him for it. ... The rule and/or law of copyright must be followed." She clearly feels that no matter what copyright says you can't copy any program therefore you must follow that rule. Kristina Black responds "I think that the copyright laws focused on the sharing of the software should be void if the company isn't in business and still distribut...

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Everyone was excited about the results of his brainchild, but this joy would soon turn into a battle for freedom because Napster was freely distributing copyrighted songs. ... It has become more of a battle for personal rights than copyrights. ... Federal law does state that whole copies of music cannot be distributed without paying royalties to the owner, but Napster comes back with their universal argument of not trading the music, but simply providing a platform for the trading to be done on. ... The laws of our constitution will most likely be altered in the near future to prevent electron...

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