The music, consumer-electronics and software industries continue to struggle to agree on an encryption system for protecting copyright-owners.

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While they're simply claiming to be protecting copyright holders, ISPs have a lot to gain from all this as well.

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We have yet to find out if the law will truly be effective in protecting copyright and mending the arts and entertainment industry.

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Since the American computer-maker produces no musical content of its own, unlike Sony, it does not find itself torn between protecting its copyright and making gadgets that allow music to be copied and swapped.

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Protecting Your Privacy: The copyright owner has not asked Verizon to identify you, and Verizon will NOT provide your identity without a lawful subpoena or other lawful process.

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If copyright law encourages more quality content, by rewarding the creators through protecting their investment, then BitTorrent should be shut down.

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What really makes this entirely delicious is that there are many people who have said that TRIPS, this idea of adding copyright to the WTO, was the wrong way to go about protecting copyrights and patents.

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