1. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Helping or Hurting
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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