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Warez Trading and Criminal Copyright Infringement

Eric Goldman
Santa Clara University - School of Law

January 7, 2004

Abstract:
Warez traders have been blamed as a significant cause of copyright piracy, which has led to several dozen conviction of warez traders in the past two years. The article analyzes how criminal copyright infringement and other laws apply to warez trading. The article also describes the prosecutions of warez trading, including a comprehensive chart of all warez trading convictions. The article concludes with a brief policy discussion about the problems created by Congress' effort to criminalize warez trading.

Keywords: Warez, warez trading, abandonware, criminal copyright infringement, no electronic theft act

JEL Classifications: K14, K42

Working Paper Series

Date posted: January 18, 2004 ; Last revised: February 14, 2007

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Goldman, Eric, Warez Trading and Criminal Copyright Infringement (January 7, 2004). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=487163 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.487163

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