The media, with their copyright laws, are fighting a losing battle against the evolution of society. Throughout time, new technologies and inventions have shaped and changed mankind. One of these inventions was the printing press. With the printing press, the Bible was distributed to all who desired it. Though the Catholic Church tried to stop it, this new development was too big to squelch. The internet, along with CD- and DVD-burning software, has introduced a development confounding today’s media world. This development is known as “pirating software.” Today, downloading media to burn to CDs and DVDs is commonplace. Just like the Bible was, the acquisition and distribution of “illegal” pirated media is too widespread to stop. Copyright laws need to be modified to conform to this phenomenon and change in society’s ethics.
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