CMST 3II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Altair 8800, Thomas E. Kurtz, Copyright Infringement
9 Aug 2018
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Company such as sony should be liable for enabling such processes of copying content. There was potential to use technologies to promote commercially. Sony ended up winning the case (v) (;,,,;) (v) zoidberg. Transfer programs to an altair and run program. Early software piracy - people passing it back n forth amongst one another, nobody paying for it. Open letter written by gates to hobbyists to enforce the importance of intellectual property and human rights. Owners intellectual property to capture the most profit. Brands become more important than the goods and services associated with them. Ip owners still design products, but other companies are paid to do the manufacturing. Ip owners capture a disproportionate amount of profit when goods and services are produced globally. Internet makes illicit copying and sharing available on a wider scale. Must be balanced with expanded owners rights, harsher penalties, and stronger protections. Reasons for why people began to download online.
