Not one of them has ever stopped the widespread, unauthorised copying of media.
The Australian Federal Police are investigating the unauthorised copying of former speaker Peter Slipper's diary by James Ashby.
Music that lasts longer would cost more.The music industry is experimenting with various ideas to try to protect against the unauthorised copying of music.
Eros, a company that sells sex-related add-ons in Second Life, filed a lawsuit in July against an inhabitant of the virtual world for selling unauthorised copies of its SexGen bed, which facilitates sex between in-game characters.
The technology is reducing the cost of publishing and distributing works to almost zero, which should be a boon for creative people, but has also made the unauthorised copying of works virtually costless and, more important, perfect.
Despite them being described by Prince's lawyers as "an interconnected network of bootleg distribution, which is able to broadly disseminate unauthorised copies of Prince's musical compositions and live performances", the move angered some Prince fans.
The public may even applaud if Chinese companies make unauthorised copies of Pfizer's drugs, so that more people in China can afford the medicine they need to save their life.
Universal said: "It is Napster's responsibility to come to the creative community with a legitimate business model and a system that protects our artists and copyrights".The music industry itself is experimenting with various ideas for selling music on the Internet, but they are often more elaborate and designed primarily to protect against the unauthorised copying of music.
Not only must Microsoft and its partners compete with new low-cost portable GNU/Linux systems specifically designed for these markets, like the XO-1 from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project or Intel's Classmate PC, but they must also sell against unauthorised copies of Microsoft's products, which are routinely available on the streets for a few dollars.
Unauthorised copies of the entire series were also made available to the public.
