However if a student made copies of an entire textbook, then preceded in selling them on the street corner, would constitute copyright infringement. ... Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Napster knew its users were violating copyright laws through its music file-sharing service. ... However Mp3.com is in violation of the copyright act of 1971, which prohibits anyone but the copyright owner from making a copy of a recording. ... In August of 1999 he was convicted and charged with the distribution of copyrighted materials without permission.15 He had violated copyright laws even though he ha...

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Will it turn 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. ... 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 also cannot copy the work and sell or even give it away if it is not the original piece of work. ...

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Using such programs such as KaZaA, Morpheus, and Bearshare, pc users can easily download shared files for free which raises questions about the copyrighting and infringements laws. ... MP3 programs should be allowed because it is not posing much of a threat to the record industries, is convenient and affordable, and would cost too much money to enforce copyright laws. ... Napster, an MP3 program shut down because the music industries felt it violated copyright laws, was only the beginning. ... "Any college kid with a tuition-paid account can readily copy any digital work and send it to t...

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