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Date Posted: 20:33:26 04/02/04 Fri
Author: H.Paul Volden
Subject: R17 by Coyel

I think that one of the more interesting points made by Karen Coyle is that any time you use your computer you are making a copy. She says, �What it comes down to is that every time you access information on another computer, that is every time you browse a web page, that you follow a link, the information is being transmitted to your computer. So every access would be an act of making a copy under the copyright law.� And �One of the issues that was discussed often was "browsing." If even viewing a document on a screen constitutes the making of a copy, how will people browse?
This distinction is important because in order to view anything on the Internet you are making a copy. This is something we all know happens when you use a computer. When we frame this concept together with the current interpretation of Copyright we can easily see the conflict. Technology has moved us well beyond the bounds of �copyright� as it was defined so long ago. When we use a computer to go on the Internet we essentially break copyright law.
Big business would prefer to promote favorable legislation instead of changing with the times. They are claiming territory they don�t own and rather than finding ways to move forward, they cling to the old business model. Behemoth companies that use thier influence to expand thier claims on this new frontier cheat us and hinder progress. Acts such as, the expansion of Copyright, benefits big business and stands in the way of the advancement of technology. H. Paul Volden

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