Overview - Peer-to-Peer File Sharing: An Undergraduate Research Guide - Research Guides at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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About This Guide

This Research Guide will assist you in finding information about the legal issues of online music and other file sharing and help you address the question: Is it just being neighborly or is it piracy? In addition to online music copyright issues, this guide provides information about copyright law as it relates to the online entertainment industry, including the visual, audio and digital arts. For more information related to intellectual property & copyright issues, see the Research Guide: Intellectual Property & Copyright.

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