They argue that the software is illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which prohibits the distribution of software or devices intended to circumvent copyright protections.
If file-sharing prevents people from selling books, CDs, DVDs, and boxed software, then copyright is dead.
And the association often works directly with the software giant to investigate copyright violations.
Antigua is seeking permission to run a website that sells music, movies and software - but ignores copyright law.
Sony ( SNE - news - people ) in 2005 for secretly downloading copyright protection software onto people's computers to prevent CD copying.
Because the proposal defines a software purchase as buying a license to use the software on specific agreement terms, it differs from copyright law that governs the purchase of software copies.
The matter is controversial because the intellectual property of software is typically protected through copyright.
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And software is already covered under copyright law, which offers extensive legal protections against wholesale copying.
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MySpace says the new software will ensure that when copyright holders ask for a video to be removed from the site's user-generated content, the site's filters will prevent users from uploading it again.
"We take pride in the work we've created and are committed to helping reduce copyright infringement and software piracy, " said a spokesperson, who claimed that the firm handled many complaints from gamers who have been exposed to malicious software or fraud after joining a private server.
Aho created his software around advice he got from copyright attorney Paul Goldstein , who in the 1980s counseled the attorneys who won the Supreme Court case freeing people to record TV shows and movies for private use.
The Government of Antigua is planning to launch a website selling movies, music and software, without paying U.S. copyright holders.
Then the ABA, sit down and drawn up every form ever used, copyright it, put it on software, get the intranet nd servers running.
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Federal law makes it unlawful to circumvent technological measures employed by copyright owners to protect their property, including software.
The case also points to the DMCA's broad protections, which for the first time not only give copyright to creative work but also to the software -- or any other technology -- that protects it.
The status quo enforcement approach for individuals, according to copyright infringement attorney Boden Davidson, is monitoring software used to track violators down by their IP addresses and offer them a settlement with an option to go to court.
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But the court was satisfied that copyright infringement was the main reason for the P2P software's existence.
On Monday the WTO's dispute settlement body gave final authorisation for Antigua to sell movies, music, games and software via a store that would be able to ignore US copyright and trademark claims.
The music, consumer-electronics and software industries continue to struggle to agree on an encryption system for protecting copyright-owners.
Copyright, for example, arises through the player-supplied software, architectural designs, and graphics that are employed to help run and populate the virtual world.
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It sought permission to sell movies, music, games and software via a store that would be able to ignore global agreements on copyright and trademark controls, reports filesharing news site TorrentFreak.
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Rampant copyright piracy in Asia, especially in China, is a massive and intractable problem for the software, entertainment and luxury industries.
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