Software Piracy: How it affects you and what is to come.

Bradford Gibbons Thursday, November 09, 2000 Software Piracy: How it affects you and what is to come. The roots of copyright protection can be found in the Constitution, where Article 1, Section 8 authorizes Congress to “promote the progress of science and the useful arts.” The purpose of a copyright is to allow a person or entity to profit from their work. A person can refer to a copyright as a system of property. Like property an owner can …

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