Current copyright and patent laws are not strong enough to protect programmers' rights, and they even slow down software development and reduce competition; software is not a physical thing and by nature completely defenseless, as it is more or less simply intellectual property, and thus, is very easily copied. ... As illustrate above, software can either fall into the categories of copyrights or patent laws; therefore, there is no perfect protection for software and its programmers. "Copyright law in the US is derived from English copyright law (Statute of Anne) and common law," which ...

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Information can qualify to be property in two ways; patent law and copyright laws which are creations of federal statutes, which are subject to Constitutional authority. ... It now 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 National Copyright Office for the program to be protected as copyrighted. ... According to federal law duplicating software for profit, ...

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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Helping or Hurting? ... Research has been disrupted and discouraged by this new law. ... Big businesses stretch and abuse the laws of the DMCA. They use the law to impede competition and create monopolies. ... iDVD is Apple's DVD copying software. ...

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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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The forgers may have made several copies of the cheques and be simultaneously cashing them at different banks/branches as fast as they can before the alarm is sounded. ... "Desktop publishing technologies that enable documents to be scanned electronically and copies made and altered digitally, have provided extensive opportunities for counterfeiting and forgery of documents and the creation of false identities for use in various forms of commercial crime and fraud." ... "In addition, computers are being used to facilitate the theft of intellectual property, particularly copyright in computer s...

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A law was passed, USA-PATRIOT (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism), which helps law enforcement fight terrorism. ... This involves how you acquire a product (did you buy it, steal it, copy it, etc.) ... Ever increasing copyright protection and the growth of second-level access controls has been given the approval of congress in several new bills. The first of these, The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) granted unprecedented legal authority to corporate distributors. 1201(a)(2) reads as follows: "No person shal...

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