Copyright laws were written to protect the original authors work from being copied. These laws were created to impose criminal penalties to those persons who create an unauthorized copy of an authors" work. ... Any individual who obtains a copy of a piece of software without the authors" written consent has committed copyright infringement. ... Although these laws are very strict, the internet and the growing ability to download and copy digital media have made the ability to enforce these laws impossible for one agency alone. ... The laws set up to protect the copyrights are very effective. ...

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Software Copyright. When a software is being 'copyrighted' it means that it is protected by one or various laws. These may state (a) Its illegal to make a copy of a certain software and then give it away to another person/friend; (b) Software may not be used in a network or on multiple computers without a license to do so; and (c) Code may not be extracted from the software in order to create one of your own, to later be sold. ...

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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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