These new laws help a great deal. It is very important that different nations come into an agreement on what kinds of actions should be taken for violations. These new laws help to enforce the growing concerns that businesses have with copyright issues and the Internet. These new laws help to make clear what copyright infringement is in the digital age. By not making service providers held liable for their customers' crimes, webmasters know that they will endure penalties for breaking the law.
Video piracy is one problem that the new laws tries to alleviate.
The practice of downloading video clips and posting them on the Internet for others to download is very popular. The music industry is very interested in the new copyright laws. They have been in the forefront of many of the early lawsuits dealing with copyright laws. Record companies are worried about the growing popularity in the practice of downloading music. Many music buyers like to download a single song as a sample of a new album.