Copyright law protects a free exchange of media, though there are a number of ways around this. ... On Wednesday, the developer of FFVII -- Japan-based games publisher Square Enix (known simply as Square at the time of the game's 1998 release) -- caught on and sent a takedown notice to Shapeways. ... It costs much less to download and share songs through the Internet than by distributing physical copies. ...

• Word Count: 2695
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Copyright law protects a free exchange of media, though there are a number of ways around this. ... On Wednesday, the developer of FFVII -- Japan-based games publisher Square Enix (known simply as Square at the time of the game's 1998 release) -- caught on and sent a takedown notice to Shapeways. ... It costs much less to download and share songs through the Internet than by distributing physical copies. ...

• Word Count: 2695
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This means that their operational functionality can be easily duplicated; this creates a virtual game of whack-a-mole than can get expensive very quickly. ... Torrent aggregators release their web code source for free, and all it takes is a hosting service to run unlimited bandwidth mirrors of the original website (Broes). ...

• Word Count: 2876
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate