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A Road To No Warez: The No Electronic Theft Act And Criminal Copyright Infringement, Eric Goldman
A Road To No Warez: The No Electronic Theft Act And Criminal Copyright Infringement, Eric Goldman
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In the second half of the 1990s, copyright owners repeatedly sought Congress's help addressing the challenges posed by the Internet and other new technologies. Congress responded with a suite of new protections, including restrictions against circumvention, longer copyright terms, increased statutory damages, and criminalization of willful non-commercial infringement.
This Article examines the latter of those changes, effectuated through the No Electronic Theft Act (the "Act" or the "NET Act"). The Act represents a significant change to copyright law be cause it subtly shifts the paradigm underlying criminal copyright infringement.
Part I of this Article discusses the Act's development, from the …