Today's internet is considered an "information superhighway," a device where anything from music, books, programs and information can be shared worldwide. ... Why not let a person purchase a book and place the text on the internet? ... First, if the library purchases several copies of a book, when a person, checks out the book numerous times, the library still owns only two copies. ... On the other hand, when a book is bought, either by a company or individual, and is displayed on the internet, numerous people have the ability to access the book. People have the ability to cop...

• Word Count: 1351
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

It was enacted in an effort to further the World Intellectual Property Organization's goal to protect information and prevent piracy of any kind. ... This was a violation of the DMCA because it defeated copyright guards embedded in the e-book software. ... Upon hearing of its release, HP threatened SNOsoft with a DMCA lawsuit, and SNOsoft immediately withdrew the information from their site. ... It is not just e-book translator programs that are under the microscope either. ... It sounds like they encourage yet discourage the practice of piracy at the same time. ...

• Word Count: 1416
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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. In order for the government to prosecute the unauthorized copying of computerized information as theft, it must first rely on other theories of information-as-property. ... For example, the information must be secret, not of public knowledge or of general knowledge in the trade or business. ... Since a computer program is textual, like a book, yet also mechanical, like the piano roll in White-Smith, the Copyright Office grante...

• Word Count: 1391
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate