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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An alliance of record companies sued Napster on the grounds of copyright infringement. These record companies believe that "Napster is thus enabling and encouraging the illegal copying and distribution of copyrighted music"(RIAA-recording industry of America). ... Instead of tapes being copied and shared, MP3s are now copied and shared. ... According to Napster's leading attorney David Boies, "the law [Audio Home Recording Act of 1992] does not distinguish between large-scale and small-scale sharing or lending"(Taro-3). ... But it's not the copyright law that is the issue betwee...

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