Students also violate copyright laws on software. The Software and Information Industry Association says 47 percent of the software on college students' PCs is copied rather than bought. Professor Paul Goldstein, who teaches copyright law at Stanford, conducted a study in which he asked a group of students whether they would steal a six-pack of a soft drink or photocopy a book, knowing they would not be caught in either case. Most students felt that shoplifting the six-pack was wrong because the grocer would lose money, and said they would not steal the item. However, most students also said they would copy the book, because the material would remain in the book for others to use, Goldstein says.
Music wants to be free.
MP3 will bring artists a bigger cut of the profits. Middlemen will diminish, and the recording industry is running scared. 10 Big Myths about copyright explained Gives answers to common questions, includes the proper format for a copyright on the Web. By Brad Templeton. Note that this is an essay about copyright myths.