Digital age, and the stealin’ is easy. Regardless of the content type — be it a text, audio or video file — computer users can seemingly download and upload copyrighted content with near impunity. After all, it doesn’t cost anything to share this material. It’s there for the taking. Besides, what’s the harm, and who cares anyway, right? That thinking represents the attitude of many computer users. Sure, in those long-ago days before the Internet, people made facsimile copies of published material and reproduced them in small quantities to share with associates.
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Dusting for Copyright Clues With Digital Fingerprinting Tech
Posted by: Jack M. Germain August 22, 2008 08:30 AMDigital age, and the stealin’ is easy. Regardless of the content type — be it a text, audio or video file — computer users can seemingly download and upload copyrighted content with near impunity. After all, it doesn’t cost anything to share this material. It’s there for the taking. Besides, what’s the harm, and who cares anyway, right? That thinking represents the attitude of many computer users. Sure, in those long-ago days before the Internet, people made facsimile copies of published material and reproduced them in small quantities to share with associates.