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Intellectual Property - Software Piracy - CD-RW
Study Guide
Introduction to CD-RW
CD-RW is a type of storage media that can be used to write amounts
of data up to around 650 MB to 700 MB onto an optical compact disc.
Uses range from archiving data and storing images to making copies of software
programs and music CDs.
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What
is CD-RW?
Copyright and CD-RW
Laws regulating CD-RW
In recent years, many laws have been passed regulating the use of mediums
such as CD-RW because of the Copyright issues that surround it. Laws
have been enacted both in the United States and abroad, and often the music
industry has been behind their establishment.
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The Audio Home
Recording Act of 1992.
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The No Electronic
Theft (NET) Act.
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How can software
be used legaly?
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Canada has a levy on CD-RW media and other blank audio recording media,
it is enforced by the CPCC. Is taxing these media ethical?
How should the revenues from this tax be used?
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Germany
has a similar tax, but on drives that can burn CD-RWs. Is it
ethical to tax the companies that create the burners instead of taxing
the consumers who buy the media?
Cases related to CD-RW
Through CD-RW's history many cases have been brought against some of
its uses, primarily by the music industry. Looking at these cases
reveals the opinion of the courts on how this media should be used and
regulated.
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The RIAA is one of the major players in the contraversey over music CDs
and CD-RW. Read The
RIAA Position on Home Copying.
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Former court decisions about the Betamax video format have an affect on
CD-RW, read
about what those decisions imply.
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While not a legal case, a recent incident in the UK put consumers in an
uproar. BMG
released a CD with anti-copying technology. Should this kind
of technology be allowed on CDs? Should there be limitations on the
technology, on what it can restrict?
Index of Topic - Study
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