From the earliest days at Apple, I realized that we thrived when we created intellectual property. If people copied or stole our software, we’d be out of business. If it weren’t protected, there’d be no incentive for us to make new software, or product designs. If protection of intellectual property begins to disappear, creative companies will disappear or never get started. But there’s a simpler reason: It’s wrong to steal. It hurts other people. And it hurts your own character.
—Steve Jobs (1955–2011)
Overview
Since its birth as the Advanced Research Projects Agency network (ARPAnet) (the world’s first multiple-site computer network created in 1969), the Internet (as it has been known since 1982)1 has ...
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