Collateral Damage: Where Will Copyright Law Get Us to Next...Nowhere?

Call it collateral damage, indeed.

Technology has become an everyday re-invention of the new age. While computerization inserts itself as the norm, industries deliberate on better ways of protecting their products from illegal sharing and piracy.

This most notably comes into play for music and visual media. And though entertainment conglomerates put in all efforts to hold onto the autheticity of their products, consumers ultimately draw the short straw in the deal.

To reflect, Napster knocked over the music industry in the '90s--leading to an international coup d'état of the recording industry. Records yielded little value as obtaining them for free became a very real possibility.

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