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Copyrighting in the Digital Age
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As the Internet has evolved, it has given rise to technologies enabling users to download copyrighted material free of charge. Napster pioneered the field in 1999, and since then file-swapping has become a wildly popular enterprise, resulting in a prolonged and heated debate over how to protect copyrights in the digital era.
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Supreme Court Rules Against File-Sharing Networks
 On the Supreme Court's last day before a three-month break, the justices made a series of decisions, including a ruling against file-sharing networks. Fred Von Lohmann, co-counsel for Streamcast Networks, a co-defendant with Grokster, and Don Verrilli, counsel to both the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America, debate the decision. (6/27/05)

 
Forum: Debating Digital Music Copyright
 Is downloading copyrighted music tantamount to stealing?
Lawrence Lessig, an expert on Internet law from Stanford University's Law School, and Matt Oppenheim, Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for the Recording Industry Association of America, answer your questions about the debate over digital copyrights. 		 




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