Complex sentence: This trait of digital technology has given rise to awareness of the risk of unauthorised copying; before digital technology was widespread, a record label, for example, could rest easy in knowing that unauthorised copies of their music tracks were never as good as the originals.
Split into simpler sentences: This trait of digital technology has given rise to awareness of the risk of unauthorised copying. Before digital technology was widespread, a record label, for example, could rest easy in knowing that unauthorised copies of their music tracks were never as good as the originals.