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During the last couple of years, private copying of music CDs and files has become more and more popular, and the phonographic industry is experiencing significant losses in sales figures. Today, not only music, but also films, books and other digital media content is being made available on the web. Copying has become a common tool for the enjoyment of copyrighted works now so readily available without going to a store and purchasing the product.
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Goldmann, B. (2003). Copy Protection by DRM in the EU and Germany: Legal Aspects. In: Becker, E., Buhse, W., Günnewig, D., Rump, N. (eds) Digital Rights Management. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2770. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10941270_31
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