Today, millions of people use the internet to find information they wouldn’t have been be able to access before, and to share photos, videos, and text.
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Millions of books have been released to public domain and digitized. The same with other archives. And once something is placed on the internet, it’s impossible to take it back.
Open and unlimited access to information and knowledge is the big benefit to users. On the other side, it’s the big threat to copyright holders.
The internet is the biggest single threat copyright law has faced since it was first introduced. Governments, publishers, and other institutions around the world, are creating new laws to keep up with this ever-changing digital landscape.
NeoMam Studios have designed for Who Is Hosting This a new infographic that focuses on this topic. It tracks, since 1991, how the internet forced copyright laws to adjust to the changing content landscape.
Patent litigation is skyrocketing, and the number of mass copyright infringement lawsuits is shooting up as well. It helps that litigators don’t even need to know the other party’s name, but can just name a “John Doe” in their suits.
Tap or click on the image below to see it in full resolution.
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