Today's internet is considered an "information superhighway," a device where anything from music, books, programs and information can be shared worldwide. ... Since the internet is a device that is used worldwide, copyright laws should exist to protect people who own copyrights so their civil liberties are not infringed upon. ... For example, music can be downloaded from Morpheus, or literary works can be found with the click of the search button on any search engine available on the internet. ...

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In 1964, the National Copyright Office began to register software as a form of literary expression. ... Apollo, where the Supreme Court determined that a piano roll used in a player piano did not infringe upon copyrighted music because the roll was part of a mechanical device. ...

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