ver see it. Ilike to compare it to the Internet, its very useful, but it can be used for illegal purposes. You be thejudge (Ross 134-140). Luckily, we may yet someday see DVDs, because several companies are developing copy protectionschemes for them, to stop the casual home hacker/copier. Macrovision, for instance, is producinghardware for the DVD player that will make them incompatible with VCRs (the easiest dubbing-to platform,the equivilant of CD to audio tape). It will send output through the audio/video out ports that whenplayed on a TV, will appear normal, but when played through a VCR, will have color stripes runningsideways across the screen. This is due to the differences between the ways the two work (Ross 134-140).So as you can see, current methods of protecting software are a hinderance on the softwareindustry. The problems outweigh the benefits, but with a new law, the industry would be able to keep thebenefits and minimize any drawbacks. Instead of having to nitpick over who wrote something that didsomething similar, it would be back to who wrote something more powerful than the other guy, and thatswhat makes the industry great, competition. Oh, and I'd like to add that I broke copyright law a totalof 13 times in the making of this report, when I made a copy of each reference with the school copyingmachine (James 16), although it was fair use, so I'm not in any trouble (Ruth)....
