Copyright: Technological Driving Forces

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The developement of techonology make the protecion of copyright much more difficult. In the old time, people copy by using a printer or hand written, and this took some time and energy. But now, people can get a copy just in one second or in one minut. The developement of information technology surprises the consummers and shock the businessmen. Here are some major example

1.Copy and paste so easy: The creation of electronic document make copy paste very easy. People just need to use fingers and can copy hundreds of copies in a second. ex: word, pdf...

2.Burning so easy:The creation of burning skill make copy big file very easy. People just need to insert a CD with a burning software, and then can make copy of a whole music CD or movie DVD in few minutes.

3.Dowload so easy: The creation of P2P make downdload files very easy. You can get whatever you like from a friend or even strangers. This create a wonderful sharing world like Utopia, but also seriously destroy the copyright. These kind of P2P tool such as: FTP, Kazaa, eMule, eDonkey, BT...

4.Share without keeping so smart: While illege download has become an controvercial issue and hard to dealing with, Apple Computer creats a new function in iTune---online sharing. Now people can enjoy the whole music from the other computers without download or keeping them. Just click and link immediately. This perfectly avoid the copyright problem, and challenge the music busuness industry.

5.Spread quickly and widely:The creation of Internet make all kinds of information spread rapidly and broadly. Together with the broadband, wireless, and other emergent new technique, the speed od spread is accelerating and non-stop.

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Web Resources:

http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/~howard/Copyright/ http://www.dfc.org/dfc1/Active_Issues/graphic/DMCA_index.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4724664.stm