3. ‘Despite seeming evidence to the contrary, the major players in the global music industry continue to claim that piracy is ‘killing’ new music, to what extent is illegal copying either, a criminal act, or, a democratising of popular culture.’
4. illegal copying criminal act A brief history of illegal downloading and copyrighting ‘killing’ new music
5. Copyrighting 1709 Statute of Anne 1962 Licensing Act “Contrary to the Christian faith, or the doctrine or discipline of the church of England against the state and government of the realm, or contrary to good life or good manners, or otherwise" 21 years 1789 the U.S congress passed the copyright law Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988).
13. “EMI’s problems should be a wake-up call. How did they get into this mess? It all comes back to the impact of illegal downloading.” “ Across Europe the impact of online piracy could cost up to 1.2million jobs and £215bn in lost revenue.”
14. V.S 60,000 pages containing the names of people they wanted to be removed from the site for sharing their songs
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16. http://www.copynot.com [Dao ban de quanweijieshi..] News paper resource<Piracy in Europe> From CD burns to the Internet problems still continue (www.billborad .com July,22,2000) reference