The ease of access to cheap technology has been to the detriment to those who generate original ideas – the better their work, the more likely it is to invite copy-cats. Digital copyright has become a hot topic to those who have much to lose and a non-issue for those who feel a sense of entitlement.
This article discusses the implications of copyright protection today – the enormous legal costs and unrealistic demands to monitor copyright violation online being only some of the various facets of this issue. Free-lancers and independent creatives do not have the kind of resources as Microsoft and other giants do, so how do they to protect their work?
Copyright protection costs have skyrocketed. Microsoft has spent millions of dollars attempting to protect its software from illegal pirating around the world. For every dollar that Microsoft has spent, it has required multiple levels of government to assist them in investigating and prosecuting and spending the same if not more in tax dollars. Now it is reaching pandemic proportions.
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